China Huanqiu Contracting & Engineering and its subsidiary China Petroleum Sixth Construction, as a joint venture, signed a 3.033 billion yuan EPC contract with PetroChina Guangxi Petrochemical for the epoxypropane/styrene (with ethylbenzene) unit of the Guangxi Petrochemical refining and chemical integration upgrade project in Qinzhou, Guangxi.
China Huanqiu Engineering, a subsidiary of China Petroleum Engineering, signed a 4.658 billion yuan EPC contract with PetroChina Guangxi Petrochemical for a 1.2 million ton/year ethylene plant as part of an integrated refining and petrochemical upgrade project in Qinzhou, Guangxi.
W.R. Grace & Co. signed a license agreement with Petrochina Guangxi Petrochemical Company to develop a 400-kilotons-per-annum single reactor line using Grace's Unipol PP technology. The line is expected to start up in 2026.
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.
Petrochina Guangxi has signed a license agreement with W. R. Grace to use its Unipol PP technology for a new 400 KTA single reactor line in China. The anticipated start-up is 2026.