Kazakhstan IPCI Petrochemical Project

Summary Information

• Owner: KPI (Kazakhstan Petrochemical Industries)
• Website: https://www.kpi.kz/en/
• Location: Aytaru, Kazakhstan
• Completion: 2022

Project Details

• The first phase of the complex involves a 500 ktpa propylene plant and a 500 ktpa polypropylene plant. The PDH unit uses CB&I's CATOFIN® propane dehydrogenation technology, and the polypropylene plant uses CB&I's Novolen® advanced gas-phase polypropylene technology.
• Propane is supplied from the Tengiz Oil Field

Contractors

• Hualu Engineering & Technology Co: Construction
• CB&I: process licences

History

• 2013 – Petrofac consortium awarded EPC contract
• 2017 – CB&I awarded process licences
• 2017 – Groundbreaking ceremony
• 2020 - Major equipment installed
• 2021 - Propane supply contract signed
• 2022 - KMG acquired 49.5% from Samruk-Kazyna JSC
• 2022 - Production starts

Links

1. Petrofac Consortium Appointed by KLPE LLP (KLPE) for Integrated Petrochemical Project in Kazakhstan
2. CB&I Receives Full Notice to Proceed for Petrochemical Plant in Kazakhstan
3. The Groundbreaking Ceremony of IPCI project in Kazakhstan
4. Propane-propylene splitter of the PDH Plant in Kazakhstan IPCI Project Successfully Lifted in Place
5. Transaction Completed on Acquisition of Interest in Kazakhstan Petrochemical Industries Inc.
6. President Launches Gas Chemical Complex in Atyrau Region
7. KMG and TCO Agree to Supply Propane to Kazakhstan’s First Gas Chemical Complex