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Lummus Novolen Technology awarded major polypropylene contract

| By Mary Bailey

Lummus Technology (Houston) announced that its Novolen business has been awarded a polypropylene (PP) contract by Jin Guo Tou (Jinzhou) Petrochemical Co., Ltd. at its petrochemical facility in Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province, China.

“We are grateful to Jin Guo Tou for selecting Novolen, which builds on the recent series of awards and strong track record of our PP technology,” said Leon de Bruyn, Lummus Technology’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “With Novolen, our clients can achieve optimized performance of their facilities and produce a flexible range of products for all PP applications while enjoying low capital and operating costs.”

Lummus’ scope includes the technology license for a 900,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) polypropylene unit, as well as basic design engineering, training and services, and catalyst supply. The unit consists of one line of 300,000-m.t./yr and one line of 600,000 m.t./yr, the largest single-line capacity that has been licensed in the market today.