CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) announced that it has been awarded a contract by Jinneng Science & Technology Co., Ltd. for the license and engineering design of a propane dehydrogenation (PDH) unit in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China.
The unit will use CB&I’s CATOFIN technology to produce 900,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) of propylene. It will also utilize CATOFIN catalyst and heat-generating material from CB&I’s catalyst partner, Clariant. Once the unit is complete, it will be the world’s largest single-train PDH unit.
“CB&I’s CATOFIN technology offers unmatched reliability and optimization,” said Daniel M. McCarthy, CB&I’s Executive Vice President of Technology. “For our customers who license the technology, these benefits result in lower capital and operations costs for their projects and investments.”