# Lummus Technology awarded contract for Kazakhstan's first polyethylene plant

Lummus Technology has been awarded a contract by Silleno LLP to provide technology license, basic engineering and training for an ethylene unit at Kazakhstan's first polyethylene plant in the Atyrau Region. The plant will produce 1.3 million tons per year of ethylene.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2024-08-29
- Where: National Industrial Petrochemical Technopark, Atyrau Region, Kazakhstan
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 1.3 million tons per year of ethylene
- Products: ethylene, polyethylene
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Lummus Technology](https://endata.com/companies/7089.md) (supplier)
- [Silleno LLP](https://endata.com/companies/73309.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [prnewswire.com](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/lummus-selected-for-kazakhstans-first-polyethylene-plant-302233126.html), 2024-08-29: "Lummus' ethylene technology will be critical in producing polyethylene, a process that will consist of two stages: 1) converting ethane to ethylene and 2) producing polyethylene directly from ethylene."

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