PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Regulatory News:
Technip (Paris:TEC) (ISIN:FR0000131708) (TKPPY) announced today that
it has entered into a contract to supply its proprietary ethylene
technology and PDP(1) to PTTGC America LLC (PTTGCA), a
subsidiary of PTT Global Chemical, Thailand’s largest integrated
petrochemical and refining company, for a 1,000 KTA grassroots ethane
cracker to be located in Belmont County, Ohio, USA.
The plant, which will use low cost ethane from the region’s shale
deposits, will be part of a major shale-based petrochemical complex to
be built by PTTGCA, which is expected to make a final investment
decision in 2016 or 2017.
Key technology components include Technip’s proprietary USC® furnaces
preferred for high-capacity, low-cost gas cracking capabilities as well
as Technip’s well-established ethylene recovery system.
The project will be executed by Technip’s operating center in Houston,
Texas, USA.
Stan Knez, President, Technip Stone & Webster Process Technology, said: “As
the largest ethylene licensor and contractor, Technip is pleased to
bring its proven ethane cracking and process technologies and experience
to this cracker, which is part of PTTGCA’s first world-scale
petrochemical complex outside of Thailand.”
Previously, Technip provided technology and engineering for PTT Global
Chemical’s 500 KTA ethylene plant in Map Ta Phut, Thailand, which began
operations in 1994.
As a world leader in gas monetization, refining and petrochemicals,
Technip has a portfolio of market leading process technologies,
including ethylene.
(1)Process Design Package
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Fast facts
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Ethylene: widely used in the production of consumer
goods, such as plastics or polymers, ethylene is a
hydrocarbon produced in the petrochemical industry by steam
cracking, i.e. transformation of hydrocarbons by pyrolysis above
820°C.
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USC® technology: during the last 10 years, USC® coil
technology has been installed in 60 furnaces, preferred for
high-capacity, low-cost liquid and gas cracking capabilities.
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