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McDermott awarded polypropylene technology contract by CPCL in India
McDermott International, Inc. announced that it has been awarded a sizeable* technology contract by Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL), a group company of IndianOil, for the license, basic engineering design and proprietary catalyst supply for a 475,000 tpy polypropylene plant at CPCL’s proposed grassroots Cauvery Basin refineryin Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu, India. Engineers India Ltd. is preparing a detailed feasibility report for the refinery.
The plant will use Lummus' proprietary Novolen® reactors and proprietary NHP® catalyst and will have the capability to produce a full range of leading polypropylene products for the Indian and regional markets
"This license award is our fourth recent polypropylene technology award in India, and places Novolen technology number one for licensed polypropylene capacity in India, with a total capacity of 3,100 kilo tons per annum," said Leon de Bruyn, Senior Vice President of McDermott's Lummus Technology business. "The unique compactness of the Novolen reactor technology and resulting efficiencies in capital investment and operating costs allow our clients to be more competitive in the global polypropylene markets."
*McDermott defines a sizeable contract as between USD $1 million and USD $50 million.
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