Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) has entered into a contract to supply its proprietary ethylene technology, process design package, technical services and proprietary equipment to SP Olefins (Taixing) Co. Ltd, a subsidiary of SP Chemicals, for a grassroots gas cracker with a capacity of 650,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr). Located in Taixing, Jiangsu Province, China, the plant will use low-cost ethane and propane from North America. It will be part of SP Olefins 1100 KTA Light Hydrocarbon Utilization Project, which has an overall capacity of 1,100,000 m.t./yr.
Key proprietary technology components include: Technip’s USC furnaces and Heat-Integrated Rectifier System; and Ripple Trays and Wet Air Oxidation process.
The project will be executed by Technip’s operating center in Houston.
Stan Knez, President, Technip Stone & Webster Process Technology, said: “Technip’s proven ethane cracking technology and track record of recent gas cracker awards provide a solid foundation for this plant, which will be the first gas cracking ethylene plant in China. We also take pride in our long relationship with SP Chemicals, which started with an Ethylbenzene and Styrene Monomer plant that adopted Badger(2) proprietary technology and has been running very well since it started up in 2013.”