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    Sasol North America 1.5 million tons/year ethane cracking ethylene project officially put into operation!

    • Last Update: 2022-08-18
    • Source: Internet
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    On August 28, South Africa's Sasol Corporation announced that its new world-class ethane cracker in Lake Charles, USA achieved 72-hour stable operation and was officially put into operation on August 27


    Sasol Corporation of South Africa announced that its new world-class ethane cracker in Lake Charles, USA has achieved stable operation for 72 hours and was officially put into operation on August 27

    Sasol's ethane cracker in Lake Charles uses the technology of Technip Stone & Webster , with a designed capacity of 54 million tons per year, which is currently the largest in the wor.


    Technip Stone & Webster Technology

    Among them, the ethylene oxide/ethylene glycol and LLDPE units have been put into operation in early 2019, the LDPE unit is expected to be put into operation by the end of this year, and the ethoxylate and detergent alcohol units are expected to be put into operation in early 202 At present, the operating rate of the ethylene cracking unit is about 50%, mainly for the downstream LCCP units that have been put into operation, and some are so.


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    About Sasol Lake Charles Petrochemical Complex Project (LCCP)

    About Sasol Lake Charles Petrochemical Complex Project (LCCP) About Sasol Lake Charles Petrochemical Complex Project (LCCP) About Sasol Lake Charles Petrochemical Complex Project (LCCP)

    In 2011, Sasol showed interest in building an ethane cracking project (LCCP) at the Lake Charles petrochemical compl.


    In October 2013, Technip was awarded the contract to license ethylene technology and provide front-end engineering for the ethane cracking proje.


     

     

    Due to the rainy construction site affecting the construction period, high labor costs, and higher-than-estimated demand for building materials, the investment in the project will increase from the previously estimated investment of US$9 billion to US$113 billi.


    Calculated investment of 9 billion US dollars rose to 113 billion US dolla.
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