Chinese state-controlled producer Sinopec Zhongke Zhanjiang Petrochemical achieved on-specification ethylene, propylene and butadiene output yesterday at its new steam cracker in south China.
The company,a subsidiary of Chinese state-controlled Sinopec, started to feed the cracker in south China's Guangdong on 28 September. Feedstock for the cracker, which consists of 62.5pc of naphtha and 37.5pc LPG, comes from Sinopec's new 200,000 b/d Zhanjiang refinery.
The cracker is able to produce 800,000 t/yr of ethylene, 400,000 t/yr of propylene and 120,000 t/yr of butadiene. Downstream units include a 350,000 t/yr high-density polyethylene unit, a 250,000/400,000 t/yr ethylene oxide plant, a 100,000 t/yr ethylene vinyl acetate plant and a 200,000 t/yr polypropylene unit.
