CB&I Awarded Technology Contracts for Essar Petrochemicals Complex in Gujarat

CB&I, through Lummus Technology, has been awarded contracts with an overall value in excess of $45 million by Essar Gujarat Petrochemicals for technology licenses and basic engineering related to a grassroots petrochemicals complex in Vadinar in the Indian state of Gujarat.

The technologies to be provided include ethylene, ethylbenzene/styrene monomer, butadiene extraction, methyl tertiary butyl ether/ethyl tert-butyl ether/butene-1, and cumene/phenol.

The cornerstone of the petrochemical complex will be a 1.3 million metric ton-per-annum mixed-feed ethylene unit that will utilize Lummus’ SRT VI cracking furnaces and recovery technology.

The downstream petrochemical units for the production of styrene, butadiene, ethers, butene-1, and phenol are being licensed by Lummus in co-operation with its various licensing partners.