BASF, Sinopec complete integrated C4 complex at Nanjing
ERJ staff report (DS)
Nanjing, China - BASF and SINOPEC have inaugurated the $1.4 billion second phase of their integrated petrochemical site in Nanjing. The unit includes a new butadiene extraction unit
The site now has an integrated C4 complex comprised of a new butadiene extraction plant with a capacity of 130,000 metric tons per year; a new isobutene extraction plant with a capacity of 60,000 metric tons per year; a new plant for highly reactive polyisobutene with a capacity of 50,000 metric tons per year; and a new 2-propyl-heptanol plant with a capacity of 80,000 metric tons per year.
The existing oxo-C4 plant has now been expanded to 305,000 metric tons per year.
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Press release from BASF
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