Hanwha Total JV Commissions PP Plant At Daesan Refining and PC Complex

摘要

Hanwha Total Petrochemical Co.(HTC),a 50-50 joint venture of Hanwha General Chemicals and Total,announced the commissioning of a new polypropylene(PP)line at its integrated refining and petrochemical complex in Daesan,South Korea(PCN,23 Sept 2019,p 1).The 400,000-t/y PP plant,which cost around $500-million,is based on W.R.Grace & Co.'s Unipol PP process technology.The additional capacity increases HTC's PP production capacity to 1.1-million t/y.At the same time,the start-up of a fourth propane furnace at the complex will boost ethylene production capacity by 10% to 1.5-million t/y.