Dow process for Sinopec/SABIC EO plant
20 May 2010
Midland, Michigan – Sinopec-SABIC (Tianjin) Petrochemical Co., Ltd (SSTPC), a joint venture between Sinopec and SABIC, is employing METEOR process technology from Dow Chemical Co. to produce ethylene oxide (EO) / ethylene glycol (EG) at its recently started 40/360ktpa Sinopec Tianjin complex – the largest single EO reactor in China.
The Tianjin project was a demanding and complex undertaking, not least because of its scale and the extreme weather conditions of the coldest winter on record in China in 60 years,” said Joe Bromley, global business director for Dow EO/EG Licensing and Catalyst.
The METEOR EO/EG process uses a single-reactor design and a unique EO catalyst, which combines both high activity and high selectivity to offer an efficient route to EO/EG production. Commercialised in 1994, the technology is said to allow manufacturers to produce ethylene oxide and ethylene glycol with fewer steps, less equipment and smaller plot size
