# McDermott's Lummus Technology awarded AMS recovery unit contract in China

McDermott's Lummus Technology has been awarded a technology contract by Formosa Chemicals Industries Ningbo for a grassroots alpha-methylstyrene recovery unit in Ningbo, China, using jointly licensed AMS technology.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2019-11-07
- Where: Ningbo, China, China
- Value: $50.0M
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 10,000 MTA
- Products: alpha-methylstyrene recovery unit
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [McDermott International](https://endata.com/companies/2424.md)
- [McDermott International](https://endata.com/companies/2424.md) (supplier)
- [Versalis](https://endata.com/companies/10520.md) (partner)
- [Formosa Chemicals Industries Ningbo](https://endata.com/companies/43162.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [mcdermott.com](https://www.mcdermott.com/press-release-detail/122555/mcdermotts-lummus-technology-awarded-petrochemicals-contract-china), 2019-11-07: "McDermott International, Inc. today announced that it has been awarded a sizeable technology contract by Formosa Chemicals Industries Ningbo Limited for the technology license and basic engineering services for a grassroots alpha-methylstyrene (AMS) recovery unit in Ningbo, China."
- [ogj.com](https://www.ogj.com/refining-processing/petrochemicals/article/14071549/chinese-operator-lets-contract-for-petrochemical-unit), 2019-11-07: "The service provider valued the contract award—which represents the first licensing of AMS technology—at $1-50 million."

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