Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) was awarded a contract by Qingdao Soda Ash Industrial New Material & Technology Company to provide the technology, engineering, selected critical equipment and technical services for an ethylbenzene styrene monomer (EBSM) plant to be located in Dongjiakou Port Industrial Zone Park, Qingdao City, Shandong Province, People’s Republic of China. With a production capacity of 500,000 m.t./yr of EBSM, the plant’s products will be used for manufacturing a broad range of plastics.
Technip’s operating center in Boston, Mass. will execute the project. The technology for the plant will be provided through an agreement with Badger Licensing LLC, a joint venture of Technip and ExxonMobil Chemical Co.