BASF Lets Contracts to Toyo Engineering For Large-Scale PC Project in Zhanjiang

:: 14 Nov  2022 ::

Beijing—BASF has awarded contracts to Toyo Engineering for its new large-scale petrochemical project being built at the BASF Zhanjiang Ver-bund site in Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province, China (PCN, 10 Oct 2022, p 1).

The site, being built in phases, will include a stream cracker and downstream units for the production of petrochemicals and intermediates, including, among others, an ethylene oxide/ethylene glycol unit and a 60,000-t/y engineering plastics compounding unit, which was recently launched.  The entire project is estimated to cost up to €10-billion and be complete by 2030.

Under the contracts, for which a value was not given, Toyo will be responsible for the engineering, procurement and construction management services for the acrylics complex, project management services for the steam cracker, central production tank farm and polyethylene projects, and project management services for the overall management of the buildup of the complex.

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