HOUSTON and ROTTERDAM, Netherlands, Aug. 7, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- LyondellBasell
(NYSE: LYB) 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.
"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," said Henk Pauw, General Manager Liwa Plastics Project
at ORPIC.
"ORPIC's detailed bidding process and resulting selection of our
Spheripol process technology has again demonstrated
LyondellBasell's leading position in polypropylene," said
Bob Patel, Executive Vice President
of Olefins and Polyolefins, Europe, Asia,
International and Technology at LyondellBasell. "Based on this
first license, we are looking forward to establishing a strong long
term relationship with ORPIC."
LyondellBasell is a leading licensor of polypropylene and
polyethylene technologies with more than 250 polyolefin process
licenses. The Spheripol process is the leading polypropylene
technology for the production of high quality homopolymer, random
and heterophasic copolymers.
In addition to the Spheripol process, the LyondellBasell
portfolio of licensed polyolefin technologies and associated
technical services is comprised of:
- Spherizone – the latest-generation polypropylene
technology based on a multi-zone reactor for the production of
polypropylene and novel polyolefins
- 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.
LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB) is one of the world's largest
plastics, chemical and refining companies and a member of the
S&P 500. LyondellBasell (www.LYB.com) manufactures products at
55 sites in 18 countries. LyondellBasell products and technologies
are used to make items that improve the quality of life for people
around the world including packaging, electronics, automotive
parts, home furnishings, construction materials and
biofuels.
Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company (ORPIC) is
the national refining and petrochemicals company by the Sultanate
of Oman, jointly owned by the
Government of Oman and Oman Oil
Company. Orpic is one of Oman`s largest companies and is one of the
most rapidly growing businesses in the Middle East`s oil
industry.
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SOURCE LyondellBasell Industries