# CKPC selects Honeywell UOP technology for Alberta propylene plant

Canada Kuwait Petrochemical Corp. (CKPC) has chosen Honeywell UOP's C3 Oleflex technology to produce 550,000 metric tons per year of polymer-grade propylene at its proposed facility in Sturgeon County, Alberta. Honeywell will also provide process design, equipment, training, and catalysts.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2017-07-11
- Where: Sturgeon County near Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 550,000 metric tons per year of polymer-grade propylene
- Products: propylene, polypropylene
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Honeywell](https://endata.com/companies/621.md) (supplier)
- [Pembina Pipeline Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/11711.md) (partner)
- [Petrochemical Industries Company K.S.C.](https://endata.com/companies/24280.md) (partner)
- [Canada Kuwait Petrochemical Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/24281.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [newswire.ca](https://www.newswire.ca/fr/news-releases/canada-kuwait-petrochemical-corp-chooses-honeywell-technology-for-new-complex-in-alberta-633834523.html), 2017-07-11: "Honeywell UOP's C3 Oleflex technology uses catalytic dehydrogenation to convert propane to propylene and is proven to have the lowest cash cost of production and the highest return on investment among competing technologies."

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