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PetroChina to launch polypropylene plant in October

Chinese state-owned oil and gas company PetroChina is planning to launch a new polypropylene production facility in Guangxi, China by October, according to Chemical Week. The new plant will have an annual capacity of 400,000 tonnes.

Source: Rupec

The construction of this plant is part of a large-scale project to transform PetroChina’s Guangxi refinery into an integrated petrochemical complex. The project aims to shift the refinery’s focus from fuel production to chemical and organic materials, with a total output capacity of approximately 3 million tonnes per year.

This expansion includes the addition of 14 major petrochemical units, including facilities for the production of polypropylene, ethylene, butadiene, styrene-butadiene rubber, and units for the extraction of aromatic compounds used in polystyrene manufacturing.

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