LyondellBasell (LYB; Rotterdam, the Netherlands) said that Indian Oil Corp. Ltd. (IOCL) has chosen its Hostalen Advanced Cascade Process (Hostalen ACP) technology for a new 500,000-ton/year high-density polyethylene (HDPE) facility in Paradip, India.
The new HDPE factory will be incorporated into IOCL’s Paradip complex, which is one of India’s largest integrated refinery-petrochemical facilities. The Paradip facility, located on India’s eastern coast in the state of Odisha, is well located to serve the Indian subcontinent’s increasing polymer market. The complex, which includes a 15 million-ton/year refinery, will profit from the addition of this cutting-edge HDPE unit to its existing petrochemical operations.
“This collaboration exemplifies our commitment to building long lasting partnerships that address our customers’ unique needs while contributing to global solutions,” said Patrik Schneider, Director of Global Licensing at LYB. ” The low-pressure slurry HDPE process is already well known to the Indian market and the resins are much appreciated by converters across all sectors.”
This is the sixth technological license deal between LYB and IOCL, which strengthens the two firms’ connection. More than 2,500,000 tons of polyolefin capacity have now been licensed, with the remaining licenses placed at both IOCL’s Paradip and Panipat plants. IOCL is a significant operator of Spheripol PP process technology in India, in addition to HostalenACP.
The new factory will use LYB Avant Z501 and Avant Z509-1 catalysts to manufacture a wide variety of multi-modal HDPE products. The Hostalen ACP process uses a single catalyst family based on Ziegler chemistry to generate the whole range of resins, avoiding the manufacturing of lower-value transition products.