Viva Methanol, Firm Partner to Convert Methanol to Olefin
First commercial-scale plant to use UOP technology to produce olefins from methanol derived from natural gas UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced yeterday that Viva Methanol Limited has selected the UOP/Hydro MTO process technology and the Total Petrochemicals/UOP Olefin Cracking process technology to produce light olefin - the basic building blocks for plastics from natural gas-derived methanol at a new proposed integrated Gas To Polymers facility in Nigeria.
The project will be the first commercial-scale installation of the MTO process and Olefin Cracking process technologies. The facility, located within the Lagos Free Trade Zone, Nigeria, will produce olefins from methanol derived from natural gas, an attractive, "cost-advantaged" feedstock that is plentiful in the region.
The new facility will produce 1.3 million metric tons of ethylene and propylene annually for the production of polyethylene and polypropylene, which are used in the production of plastics for packaging, pipes, carpeting, film and other products. UOP will provide technology license, basic engineering, catalysts, adsorbents, specialty equipment, and technical support
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