19 December 2014
DETAILS
today announced that
PETRONAS Refinery and Petrochemical Corporation (PRPC),
a wholly owned subsidiary of PETRONAS,
has selected the LyondellBasell
Spherizone and Spheripol polypropylene process technologies.
The technologies will be used for
a 900 KTA polypropylene (PP) unit
to be constructed in their
Refinery and Petrochemical Integrated Development
(RAPID) complex in Pengerang, Johor, Malaysia.
Dutuk Nur Iskandar A. Samad,
Deputy Project Director (Petrochemical)
for project RAPID at PRPC
“Our selection of both the Spherizone and Spheripol
process technologies will provide PETRONAS
with a wide range of premium quality and
differentiated PP products highly
suited to the needs of international markets.”
Bob Patel,
Executive Vice President of Olefins and Polyolefins,
Europe, Asia, International and Technology
at LyondellBasell.
“LyondellBasell is pleased to be selected by PETRONAS
as its technology provider
for the development of their polypropylene business,”
Key features of the Spherizone technology include
a large range of high-performance PP and
novel polyolefinic resins with expanded properties,
while Spheripol is the leading polypropylene technology
for the production of
high quality homopolymer, random and
heterophasic copolymers.
LyondellBasell is a leading licensor of
polypropylene and polyethylene technologies
with more than 250 polyolefin process licenses.
In addition to the Spherizone and Spheripol processes,
LyondellBasell’s portfolio of licensed polyolefin technologies
and associated technical services is comprised of:
Metocene PP – technology for the production of
specialty polypropylene products
using single-site catalyst systems
Lupotech – the leading high-pressure tubular and
autoclave process technologies for
the production of LDPE and EVA copolymers
Hostalen – a low-pressure slurry process for
the production of
high-performance multimodal HDPE
Spherilene – flexible, gas-phase process technology
for the production of LLDPE, MDPE
and HDPE
Spheripol, Spherizone, Metocene, Lupotech, Hostalen, and
Spherilene are trademarks owned
by the LyondellBasell Industries group of companies.
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