Baltic Chemical Plant Project
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Summary Information
- Ownership: Baltic Chemical Plant LLC,
- Website: https://www.rusgasdob.ru
- Location: Gulf of Finland
The Project
- Description: The project is the largest ethylene integration project in the world. It will be comprised of two ethylene cracking trains with an annual capacity of 1.4 million tons each.
- Constructor:
- McDermott: extended basic engineering
- China National Chemical Engineering and Construction Corporation Seven: EPC contractor
- Licensors:
- Axens: Providing AlphaButol® technology for the production of high purity 1-butene by ethylene dimerization and AlphaHexol™ for the production of high purity 1-hexene through ethylene trimerization.
Production Units
- Ethane crackers - 1.4 million tpa * 2
- Polyethylene units - 500,000 tpa * 6
- 1-butene - ethylene dimerization unit - 60,000 tpa *2
- 1-hexene - ethylene trimerization unit - 50,000 tpa
Raw Materials Supply
- The plant is supplied with ethane from a Gazprom Ust Luga Gas Processing Plant
Products Produced
- polyethylene
Projects
- The plant is scheduled to begin production in 2024
Other Information
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History
- 2019 - Univation awarded licence for PE units
- 2020 - McDermott awarded basic engineering contract
