KBR, Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) announced that it has been awarded a contract to supply its proprietary SCORE Ethylene Technology to GS Caltex Corporation for a grassroots mixed feed cracker (MFC) for its project in Yeosu, South Korea.
Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide its innovative Selective Cracking Optimum Recovery (SCORE) technology license and basic engineering design services for a 700,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) ethylene mixed feed cracker to be built by GS Caltex, a company owned by GS Energy and U.S. based Chevron Corp. The new plant will use naphtha, liquefied petroleum gas and refinery off-gases as its main feedstocks. It will be constructed in the South Korean southern city of Yeosu where GS Caltex’s 790,000 barrels-per-day refinery is located. The project will use KBR’s highly selective SC-1 furnaces for the highest yield and flexibility.
“We are honored to be selected as the licensor for GS Caltex’s first ethylene plant,” said John Derbyshire, KBR President, Technology. “SCORE technology is highly flexible and enables producers to maximize profitability through superior yield, energy, and operational performance.”