PetroChina Hydroformylation Plant, Sichuan Province, China
Key Data:
Plant owner
PetroChina
Partners
PetroChina Sichuan Petrochemical Co Ltd
Plant location
Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
Products
Aldehydes and alcohols
Plant start-up
September 2010
Financial
Chinese Government, PetroChina
Feedstock
Kazakhstan crude oil and ethylene gas, to produce propylene and syn gas for the plant
Contractor
Dow Chemical, Davy Process Technology
Output
338,000t of n-butyraldehyde and iso-butyraldehyde per year, 81,800t of 2-ethyhexanol per year, 211,900t of n-butanol per year and 30,800t of iso-butanol per year
