Project Profile
Value: Undisclosed
Location: Lianyungang, north of the eastern province of Jiangsu in China
Production: 4 million t/y of petrochemical products (300,000 t/y of LDPE and EVA)
Capacity: 833,000 t/y of ethylene and propylene
Start-up Year: 2016
Chinese Jiangsu Sailboat Petrochemical Company Ltd (JSPCL) launched its world-scale methanol-to olefin (MTO) project planned at Lianyungang, in the north of the eastern province of Jiangsu in China. JSPCL belongs to the large Jiangsu Shenghong Group. With a capacity of 833,000 t/y of ethylene and propylene, Jiangsu Sailboat is planning to build a world scale MTO facility. This greenfield plant should have the world largest single train of MTO.
Sailboat expects its methanol-to-olefin greenfield facility to run into operations in 2015 in order to supply olefins to its petrochemical complex in project downstream. Within its Lianyungang petrochemical complex, Jiangsu Sailboat is planning to produce 4 million t/y of petrochemical products. Among a wide portfolio of polymers, Jiangsu Sailboat is willing to develop polyolefins with the production of:
- Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE)
- Ethyl vinyl acetate (EVA)
LDPE and EVA are among the most commonly used building blocks of the petrochemical industry to produce fibers and plastics for the consumer goods such as packaging films, clothes, furniture, or shoes. For its Lianyungang greenfield project, Jiangsu Sailboat is planning a production unit with 300,000 t/y of LDPE and EVA. This Jiangsu Sailboat low density polyethylene and ethyle vinyl acetate production unit is expected to come on stream in 2015, together with the main facility of methanol-to-olefin due to start commercial operation in Lianyungang in 2015.
Operators:
Jiangsu Shenghong Group (through Jiangsu Sailboat Petrochemical Company Ltd - JSPCL): Operator with 100% interest
Contractors:
Honeywell: Engineering, training, technical services, supply for catalysts and adsorbents
Ineos: Using Ineos MTO technology
Jacobs Engineering: Design the sulfuric acid regeneration (SAR) of the Lianyungang complex
LyondellBasell: Using Lupotech T tubular and Lupotech A autoclave technologies
Wison Engineering: EPC contract