7 August 2014
ABOUT ORPIC, OMAN OIL REFINERIES AND PETROLEUM
Details
HOUSTON and ROTTERDAM, Netherlands,
today announced that
Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company
SAOC (ORPIC) has selected
the LyondellBasell Spheripol polypropylene process technology
for a new 300 KTA polypropylene (PP) plant
to be built in Sohar, Sultanate of Oman.
Start-up of the Liwa Plastics project
is planned for 2018.
Henk Pauw,
General Manager Liwa Plastics Project at ORPIC.
"We selected the LyondellBasell Spheripol process
for its ability to cost-effectively produce
a wide range of high-quality products that
are demanded by our customers
throughout the Middle East and South East Asia,"
Bob Patel,
Executive Vice President of Olefins and Polyolefins,
Europe, Asia, International and Technology at LyondellBasell.
"ORPIC's detailed bidding process and resulting selection of
our Spheripol process technology has again demonstrated
LyondellBasell's leading position in polypropylene,
"Based on this first license, we are looking forward
to establishing a strong long term relationship with ORPIC."
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