UOP to provide technology for petrochemicals production in China

DES PLAINES — UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, has been selected by Yantai Wanhua Polyurethanes Co. Ltd. to provide technology to produce key petrochemicals to meet growing demand in China.

Yantai Wanhua will use Honeywell’s UOP process technology, catalysts and adsorbents to produce propylene, a building block for films and packaging, and isobutane, a raw material used in the polyurethane production process, at its facility in Yantai, China.

“As the demand for widely used petrochemicals, such as propylene and polyurethane, rapidly increases around the world, Honeywell’s UOP is pleased to be at the forefront offering the process technology needed to meet that demand,” said Pete Piotrowski, senior vice president for process technology and equipment at UOP. “Yantai Wanhua is a world leader in petrochemicals production, and together we look forward to the significant contributions we will make in China.”

The facility will use UOP C3 Oleflex process technology to produce 750,000 metric tons of propylene from propane annually and the UOP ButamerT process to produce 565,000 metric tons of isobutane annually.

In addition to technology licensing, catalysts and adsorbents, Honeywell’s UOP will provide engineering design, equipment, staff training and technical service for the project. The new units are expected to start up in 2013.

Yantai Wanhua Polyurethanes Co. Ltd. is a world leader in petrochemicals production. It operates two plants in Yantai, China, with subsidiaries in Japan, U.S., Europe, Hong Kong, Russia, Dubai and India.