# PKN ORLEN lets technology license contract to KBR for Plock ethylene expansion

PKN ORLEN, through its contractors Hyundai Engineering and Técnicas Reunidas, awarded KBR a contract to license its SCORE ethylene technology for the Olefins 3 complex at the Plock refinery in Poland. The project includes a new 740,000-tpy steam cracker and will increase total ethylene capacity to 1.04 million tpy.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2021-09-06
- Where: Plock, Poland, Poland
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 1.04 million tpy ethylene
- Products: ethylene, ethylene oxide, ethylene glycols, pyrolysis gasoline, ethyl tertbutyl ether, styrene
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [PKN ORLEN](https://endata.com/companies/23370.md)
- [Hyundai Engineering](https://endata.com/companies/1884.md) (partner)
- [Tecnicas Reunidas](https://endata.com/companies/2001.md) (partner)
- [KBR](https://endata.com/companies/4847.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [ogj.com](https://www.ogj.com/general-interest/article/14210154/pkn-orlen-lets-contract-for-plock-ethylene-expansion), 2021-09-06: "KBR will deliver licensing, basic engineering design, and proprietary equipment for implementation of its proprietary Selective Cracking Optimum Recovery (SCORE) ethylene technology at the new plant."

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