Kazakhstan Butadiene Project

Summary Information

• Ownership: Butadiene LLP (Tatneft / KMG)
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• Wikipage:
• Location: Aytaru

The Project

• Description: The planned capacity will beup to 180 thousand tonnes of butadiene and butadiene rubbers per year.
• The shares of KazMunayGas and TATNEFT in the project will amount to 25 percent and 75 percent, respectively.
• The preliminary cost of the project is estimated at about 1 billion US dollars
• Constructor:
  • Lummus: technology license and basic engineering for four process units
• Licensors:
  • Lummus: iC4 CATOFIN®, CATADIENE®, CDMtbe® technologies
  • BASF: butadiene extraction technology

Production Units

• Butane Dehydrogenation
• n-Butane Dehydrogenation
• Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE)
• NMP-butadiene extraction

Raw Materials Supply

• Mixed Butanes from the the Tengiz Oil Field

Products Produced

• 85,000 MTA of isobutylene, 120,000 MTA of butadiene, and 40,000 MTA of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE). These products will feed Butadiene LLP’s new synthetic rubber production facility

Other Information

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History

• 2021 - Joint venture set up
• 2023 - Lummus awarded technology licences

Links

1. TATNEFT and KazMunayGas Have Set Up a Joint Venture
2. Butadiene LLP Selects Multiple Lummus Technologies for High Value Petrochemicals Plant in Kazakhstan