Technip Wins CNOOC contract for ethylene plant in China's Guangdong Province
- Technip was awarded by CNOOC Oil & Petrochemicals Company Ltd a contract to supply its proprietary ethylene technology and process design package for a grassroots 1,000 KTA(1) ethylene plant in Huizhou, Guangdong Province, Peoples Republic of China. This contract also covers technical support during detailed engineering, pre-commissioning and start-up.
Key components of Technips ethylene technology for this project include:
its Ultra Selective Conversion (USC) furnace technology preferred for high-capacity, low-cost liquid and gas cracking capabilities;
its Advanced Recovery System (ARS) technology utilizing the Heat Integrated Rectifier System (HRS), which reduces energy consumption in liquids cracker designs.
The products of this ethylene plant will feed other downstream units at the complex, including a 300,000 metric tons per annum grassroots cumene plant. The technology for the cumene plant is provided by Badger Licensing LLC(2).
Technips operating center in Houston (Texas, USA), with the support from the Groups operating center in Mumbai (India), is currently executing the project. Mechanical completion is scheduled by mid-2015.
Since the acquisition of Stone & Webster process technologies in 2012, Technip has widened its range of services and has reinforced its leadership in the downstream business.