Linde to build China's largest ethylene plant
The mega cracker with an annual production capacity of 1 million tons of ethylene and 500,000 tons of propylene will be erected in Dushanzi, in the autonomous region of Xinjiang in north-western China. The operating company, PetroChina Dushanzi Petrochemical Company, intends to start production in the second half of 2008.
As licensor of the manufacturing process, Linde is responsible for providing the process technology and supplying the key components for the plant.
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