据烃加工新闻12月15日消息称，雪佛龙菲利普斯化学公司今天宣布计划通过 FID 扩大其丙烯业务，用于新的 C3 分离器装置。该设备将位于得克萨斯州Baytown的Cedar Bayou工厂内。其预计产能为50万吨/年，目标在2023年启动。该公司选择S&B工程师和建筑商来设计、采购和建造该项目。场地建设活动将于2022年1月开始。在高峰期，该项目预计将支持350多个新的建筑工作岗位。

C3分离器将把炼油厂级的丙烯和丙烷的混合物转化为高纯度的丙烯产品。丙烯是许多家庭和工业应用的关键构件生产的关键原料，包括聚丙烯、环氧丙烷和丙烯腈。这些化学品也被用于几种包装应用和耐用消费品的塑料生产中。聚丙烯也是包括汽车行业在内的各种行业塑料零件制造的中心。

石化公司高级副总裁Justine Smith表示：“随着全球丙烯需求的增长，该项目加强了雪佛龙菲利普斯化学公司的承诺，以满足我们客户的需求，并保持领先的丙烯供应商。”

雪佛龙菲利普斯化学公司目前在其位于得克萨斯州的 Cedar Bayou、亚瑟港和 Sweeny、Clemens 和 Old Ocean 设施运营 C3 分离器装置。新设备将提供额外的灵活性和产量，以满足公司不断增长的客户群的预期需求，同时为未来的增长创造空间。

Smith表示：“我们公司感谢客户、民选官员和当地社区的支持。贝城已经是我们公司重要资产的所在地，我们期待成为当地经济更重要的经济引擎，同时扩大我们的业务，以满足全球客户的需求?！?/p>

朱佳妮 摘译自 烃加工新闻

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Chevron Phillips Chemical to build propylene unit in Texas

Chevron Phillips Chemical announced today plans to expand its propylene business with an FID for a new C3 splitter unit. The unit’s location will be in Baytown, Texas, within the company’s Cedar Bayou facility. Its expected capacity is 500,000 tpy with targeted start up in 2023. The company chose S&B Engineers and Constructors to engineer, procure and build the project. Site construction activities will commence in January 2022. At its peak, the project anticipates supporting 350-plus new construction jobs.

The C3 splitter will convert a refinery grade mixture of propylene and propane into a high purity propylene product. Propylene is essential to the production of key building blocks for many household and industrial applications, including polypropylene, propylene oxide and acrylonitrile. These chemicals are also used in the production of plastics for several packaging applications and durable consumer products. Polypropylene is also central to the manufacturing of plastic parts for various industries including the automotive sector.

“With global propylene demand on the rise, this project reinforces Chevron Phillips Chemical’s commitment to expand to meet our customers’ needs and remain a leading propylene supplier,” said Justine Smith, senior vice president of petrochemicals.

Chevron Phillips Chemical currently operates C3 splitter units at its Cedar Bayou, Port Arthur and Sweeny, Clemens and Old Ocean facilities in Texas. The new unit will provide additional flexibility and production to meet anticipated demand from the company’s growing customer base, while establishing room for future growth.

“Our company is thankful for the support of our customers, elected officials and local community. Baytown is already home to important assets for our company, and we look forward to becoming an even more important economic engine for the local economy, while expanding our business to meet global customer demand,” said Smith.