Friday, CB&I (CBI) said that Petrochina Jilin Petrochemical Co. has awarded a contract to Lummus Technology, a unit of CB&I company, for the license and process design of a grassroots ethylbenzene and styrene monomer or EB/SM plant in Jilin, China. It has a design capacity of 320,000 metric tonnes of styrene monomer per annum and will utilize proprietary technologies provided by Lummus/UOP to minimize costs while providing exceptional reliability and product quality.
The company said that the plant, expected to start up in 2011, is the second EB/SM plant awarded to Lummus Technology by Jilin. Styrene is used to make products in the plastics and rubber industries including food containers, insulation and automobile parts.
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