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News Release from: Davy Process Technology | Subject: LP Oxo Process
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 05 December 2003
Second License for Oxo process in China
Davy Process Technology sign an agreement with China Petrochemical International to provide a license, design package and technical services for a 191 KTA plant for the production of oxo products
Sinopec Qilu Petrochemical licenses LP Oxo Process for 191 KTA facility in Zibo, Shandong, China Davy Process Technology, in co-operation with Union Carbide Corporation, a subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company, have recently signed an agreement with China Petrochemical International Company Ltd, (Sinopec International) of Beijing, China to provide a license, design package and technical services for a 191 KTA plant for the production of oxo products
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 10 Dec 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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The plant will employ the LP Oxo Process technology and will be designed to produce 171 KTA of 2-ethylhexanol (2EH) and 20 KTA of iso-butyraldehyde.
It will be built and operated by Sinopec Qilu Petrochemical Company Ltd at Zibo, Shandong Province, China.
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The 2-EH will be utilised primarily to produce DOP plasticiser either captively by Sinopec Qilu or in the regional market.
The unique process design will allow the flexibility to increase the iso-butyraldehyde off-take by narrowing the normal to iso-butyraldehyde ratio achieved in the low-pressure rhodium catalysed hydroformylation step that characterises the LP Oxo Process.
Construction on the facility is now underway, with Sinopec Qilu targeting start-up in the fourth quarter of 2004.
This will be the second plant Sinopec Qilu has built employing the LP Oxo Process, and will solidify its position as the largest oxo producer in China, with capability to produce a total of over 340 KTA of finished oxo products, including 2EH, butanol and iso-butyraldehyde.
David Tomlinson, President of Davy Process Technology (DPT), commented, "We are very pleased to conclude this further license with Sinopec Qilu enabling them to build what we believe is the largest single line 2EH plant in the world.
Sinopec has a very challenging project schedule and the DPT process design has been completed in record time to accommodate this".
Christopher Gann, vice president of Technology Licensing and Catalyst for Dow, added "there is no better testament to the quality and operating reliability of a technology, and its proven ability to deliver real economic benefits, than a second project with a current licensee.
We're delighted that the LP Oxo Process technology was chosen by Sinopec".
The LP Oxo Low Pressure Oxo Process is the world's leading process for the production of oxo alcohols from olefins.
It is the result of a collaboration between Davy Process Technology and Union Carbide Corporation that began in 1971.
To date, this process technology has been adopted in 22 licensed plants worldwide, accounting for most of the world's oxo alcohols capacity licensed during the last 25 years.
The LP Oxo technology has been awarded the Kirkpatrick Chemical Engineering Award as well as an R and D 100 Award for a new generation of catalysts.
Today, the process is licensed by Davy Process Technology in conjunction with The Dow Chemical Company, following its acquisition of Union Carbide in February 2001.
Dow has extensive commercial experience with this technology and utilises it in four manufacturing facilities worldwide.
While Davy provides plant design services and Dow, through Union Carbide, provides proprietary catalysts, the two companies jointly provide operator training, start-up assistance and on-going technical support to licensees.
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