Sinopec SABIC Tianjin Petrochemical Co. (SSTPC), a 50-50 joint venture of Sinopec and SABIC, recently began construction on an ethylene expansion project in Tianjin Province, China. The project will boost the company's ethylene capacity to 1.3-million t/y from mln t/y currently. Cost and a schedule for the project were not given. In addition to the ethylene cracker the company operates other plants as well. Unit manufacturing 40,000-t/y ethylene oxide and 360,000-t/y ethylene glycol facility, 350,000-t/y phenol/acetone plant, 200,000-t/y butadiene extraction and 120,000-t/y methyl tertiary butyl ether combination unit, and 650,000-t/y pyrolysis gasoline hydrogenation unit.
