Project Profile
Value: US$500 Million
Startup Year: 2011
Monoethylene glycol (MEG): 750,000 tonne/year
Ethylene: 800,000 tonne/year
Chengdu Sichuan Refinery and Petrochemical Complex are situated on the outskirts of Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, China. In March 2003 PetroChina and the Sichuan Provincial government agreed to jointly develop a petrochemical complex centred on a cracker producing 800,000tpa (tons per annum) of ethylene. By 2004 PetroChina had completed a feasibility study and an environmental impact assessment report. The project received final approval in 2005.
Groundbreaking on the complex took place in the first quarter of 2006, completion is slated for 2010. Along with the 800,000tpa of ethylene, the complex will produce 450,000tpa of polypropylene (PP), 600,000tpa of paraxylene (PX), 380,000tpa of monoethylene glycol (MEG) and 50,000tpa of ethylene oxide (EO).
The petrochemical complex is the first ever of world scale to be built in China\'s south-western region. Output from the facility will meet the growing demand from consumers located in the region, strengthening PetroChina\'s position in the petrochemical market. In addition the complex will also help boost the local economy, providing employment opportunities.
Operators:
PetroChina Company Limited: 51% interest
Chengda Petrochemical Company: 49% interest
Contractors:
Air Products & Chemicals Inc.: Building hydrogen production facility
Basell BV: Technology for HDPE plant
China Huanqiu Contracting and Engineering Corp (HQCEC): EPC contractor
Partnership for Oxo facility technology:
Davy Process Technology
Dow Chemical
Shaw Group: Technology, engineering and procurement services
Shell: Technology for EO/EG
UOP LLC: Paraxyelene process
Sub Contractors:
Aker Process BV: Process design and technical advisory services to Dow for the Polypropylene