CB&I has been awarded a contract by Shenhua Ningxia Coal Industry Group Co. for the license and engineering design of a polypropylene unit to be built in Lingwu, China, project officials announced on Thursday.

The unit will use CB&I's Novolen technology to produce 600,000 tpy of polypropylene. There are already two units utilizing Novolen technology on site -- each with cascade and parallel production lines. \

At the completion of this third unit, the capacity on site will be increased to 1.6 million tpy and the plant will be able to produce the full range of polypropylene grades.

"Once the third polypropylene unit at Shenhua Ningxia's site is running, it will be the largest polypropylene site in China," said Daniel McCarthy, president of CB&I's technology operating group. "This site will also have the largest capacity of any of the Novolen technology licensees." 

As previously announced, Shenhua Ningxia also awarded CB&I contracts for the license and engineering design of the olefins conversion technology, comonomer production technology, CDHydro selective hydrogenation technology and CDIsis technology for this same complex.