# Indorama licenses MTBE technology to Shandong Binhua for new plant

Indorama Ventures has signed a license agreement with Shandong Binhua New Material Co., Ltd. to build a propylene oxide, TBA and MTBE co-production unit in Shandong, China. The plant will use Indorama's proprietary single-step MTBE technology.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2022-06-28
- Where: Shandong Province, China
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 240,000 tons of propylene oxide, 742,000 tons of MTBE per year
- Products: propylene oxide, t-Butanol, t-Butyl methyl ether (MTBE)
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Indorama Ventures](https://endata.com/companies/3457.md) (partner)
- [Befar Group](https://endata.com/companies/35077.md) (partner)
- [Shandong Binhua New Material Co., Ltd.](https://endata.com/companies/43676.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [chemengonline.com](https://www.chemengonline.com/indorama-licenses-single-step-mtbe-process-for-new-plant-in-china/?printmode=1), 2022-06-28: "On completion, this project will be able to produce 600,000 tons of propylene, 800,000 tons of butane isomerization, 150,000 tons of synthetic ammonia, 240,000 tons of propylene oxide and 742,000 tons of MTBE per year."

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