Sinopec Starts up 80 000 T/A Styrene Unit

On November 15th, 2006 the 80 000 t/a ethyl benzene/styrene
monomer unit put on stream in Hainan Shihua Garson Chemical Co.,
Ltd. in Hainan province. Hainan Shihua Garson Chemical Co., Ltd.
is jointly funded by Hainan Shihua Refining and Chemical Co.,
Ltd. and Jiangsu Garson Chemical Industrial Co., Ltd.(CCR2005,
No.14) It is released that the unit is the first extension
project for the chemical industrial chain of Sinopec Hainan
Refining & Chemical Co., Ltd. (HRCC). After completion, the
industrial chain will be extended further to downstream
operations and a capacity of 100 000 t/a polystyrene will be
developed.
     The 80 000 t/a ethyl benzene/styrene monomer unit makes use
of the catalytic dry gas resource with low cost in HRCC and adopts
the advanced technologies developed by Dalian Institute of
Chemical Physics, CAS. With a total investment of RMB390 million,
the project broke ground on April 26th, 2005 and conducted
intermediate handing-over on September 16th, 2006. (CCR2006,
No.28) The ethyl benzene/styrene monomer unit manufactured
qualified products respectively on November 16th and November
19th, 2006.