Lianyungang Petrochemical is planning to build its first 100% ethane feed steam crackers in Jiangsu province of China. CB&I has been appointed for infrastructure and technology.
CB&I will provide a process design package, heater engineering and technology license for the two ethane-based steam crackers, which will have capacity to produce 1.25 million mt/year of ethylene each.
On completion, this will be China's first ethylene plants to crack 100% ethane feed, signifying a new wave of ethylene projects fed by shale gas ethane sourced from the US. At present all large ethylene plants in China crack mixed feeds or liquid feeds.
The steam crackers will be built at Lianyungang's petrochemical facility in Jiangsu.Lianyungang Petrochemical is a subsidiary of Zhejiang Satellite Petrochemical.
