# LyondellBasell licenses PE technologies to PetroChina for Qinzhou complex

LyondellBasell licensed its polyethylene technologies to PetroChina Guangxi Petrochemical for a new 700,000 metric tons per year PE complex at Qinzhou, China. The complex includes LDPE, EVA, and HDPE lines using Lupotech and Hostalen processes.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2023-07-21
- Where: Qinzhou, China
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 700,000 metric tons per year
- Products: low-density polyethylene (LDPE), ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) copolymers, high-density polyethylene (HDPE)
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [LyondellBasell](https://endata.com/companies/1444.md) (supplier)
- [Petrochina Guangxi Petrochemical Company](https://endata.com/companies/70074.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [chemweek.mydigitalpublication.com](https://chemweek.mydigitalpublication.com/articles/new-construction?article_id=4613370&i=797663), 2023-07-21: "LyondellBasell has licensed technology for almost 6 million metric tons per year (MMt/y) of capacity to the PetroChina group in total, it said."

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