Technip has been awarded a services contract by BP Zhuhai Chemical Company, a joint venture between BP and Zhuhai Port, for the execution of a new world-scale Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA) plant at their Zhuhai site in the Guangdong Province, China.
PTA is a white crystalline powder primarily used as raw material in the production of polyester fibres and plastic materials.
PTA is a white crystalline powder primarily used as raw material in the production of polyester fibres and plastic materials.
Technip’s scope includes the management of the engineering, procurement and construction services, executed by a team integrated with the client. The new plant has a capacity of 1,250,000 tonnes per year, and will be using BP’s latest proprietary technology. It is expected to come on stream at the end of 2014.
Technip’s operating centre in Rome, Italy, will execute the contract. This award falls within the framework of the on-going alliance between BP and Technip for PTA, and follows Technip’s completion of the Zhuhai 1 and 2 plants, the Zhuhai 2 expansion project as well as the basic and front-end engineering design for the Zhuhai 3 plant.
