YPC Constructs 100 000 t/a Butadiene Unit

On March 20th, 2007 Sinopec Yangzi Petrochemical Company Ltd.
(YPC) started the construction on the 100 000 t/a butadiene unit
in Nanjing, Jiangsu province. The unit is expected to be
completed and conducted intermediate handing-over on December
30th, 2007. In 2002 YPC started to construct another 53 000 t/a
butadiene production line on the basis of the existing 53 000
t/a one in order to make the total butadiene capacity doubled.
Added by the newly built 100 000 t/a butadiene unit, the total
butadiene capacity in YPC will exceed 200 000 t/a.
   Nanjing Yangzi Petrochemical Engineering Corporation has
generally contracted for the project's construction. Shanghai
Engineering Corporation and Yangzi Petrochemical Design
Engineering Corporation will jointly take charge of the design
work.
   As an important organic chemical raw material, butadiene
demand is growing year-on-year in Chinese market recently.