# PetroChina Guangdong lets technology license for polypropylene unit to Grace

PetroChina Guangdong Petrochemical Co. Ltd. let a technology licensing contract to W.R. Grace & Co. for a grassroots polypropylene unit at its refining-chemical integration project in Jieyang, Guangdong, China. Grace will license its UNIPOL PP process technology and CONSISTA catalyst for the 500,000-tonne/year unit, scheduled for completion in 2023.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2019-08-21
- Where: Jieyang, Guangdong, China, China
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 500,000 tonnes/year
- Products: polypropylene resins, homopolymer, random copolymer, impact copolymer
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md), [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [PetroChina Guangdong Petrochemical Co.](https://endata.com/companies/41471.md)
- [W.R. Grace & Co.](https://endata.com/companies/25566.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [ogj.com](https://www.ogj.com/refining-processing/refining/construction/article/14038673/petrochina-subsidiary-lets-contract-for-polypropylene-unit), 2019-08-21: "The PP unit is scheduled to be completed in 2023, Grace said."

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