22-10-2014
GTC Technology wins new BTX award in China
GTC Technology has signed an agreement with Shandong Sincier Chemical Group (SSCG) to provide its GT-BTX® licensed technology for a 450,000 TPY aromatics extraction unit at a new refinery in Dongying, Shandong Province, People’s Republic of China.
The new unit is the eighth GT-BTX license in China and will play an integral role in the 5MM TPY refinery being constructed by SSCG. Start-up is planned for 2016.
GTC will also supply the basic engineering package, technical services, proprietary solvent and equipment.
“We are excited about this opportunity to provide SSCG with our GT-BTX® technology,” said Sam Kumar, President – GTC (Beijing) Technology Inc. “Our goal is to serve our clients with value-added performance from our technologies and by extension serve the Asian fuels and chemicals market.”
The BTX unit is GTC’s second project for SSCG, following an award for a light naphtha isomerization unit (the first in China) using GTC’s Isomalk-2â„ and Isomalk-3â„ technologies.
GTC Technology, based in Houston, Texas, is a global licensor of aromatics and polyester intermediates processes, offering many novel and cutting-edge processes. These include GT-BTX PluS®, GT-TolAlkâ„ , Isomalk-2â„ , Isomalk-3â„ , Isomalk-4â„ , and others.
For more information, please visit www.gtctech.com
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