LyondellBasell technology chosen for Oman plastics project

ROTTERDAM–Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company SAOC (ORPIC) has selected the LyondellBasell Spheripol polypropylene process technology for a new 300 KTA polypropylene (PP) plant to be built in Sohar, Sultanate of Oman. Start-up of the Liwa Plastics project is planned for 2018.

LyondellBasell Spheripol process has been chosen for its ability to cost-effectively produce a wide range of high-quality products that are demanded customers throughout the Middle East and South East Asia, according to Henk Pauw, General Manager Liwa Plastics Project at ORPIC.

LyondellBasell is a leading licensor of polypropylene and polyethylene technologies with more than 250 polyolefin process licenses. The Spheripol process is a polypropylene technology for the production of high quality homopolymer, random and heterophasic copolymers. In addition to the Spheripol process, the LyondellBasell portfolio of licensed polyolefin technologies and associated technical services is comprised of several technologies for the production of specialty polypropylene and polyolefin materials.