BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 13. Honeywell
Technologies has been selected by Bahrain’s Gulf Petrochemical
Industries Company (GPIC) to provide technology licensing and
engineering services for a new aromatics complex, the company
announced on October 12.
The facility will be built at GPIC’s existing industrial complex
in Sitra, Bahrain, and is expected to produce around 1.2 million
metric tons of paraxylene and 500,000 metric tons of benzene
annually.
The project will use Honeywell Technologies UOP’s established
process technologies, including Naphtha Hydrotreating, CCR
Platforming™ and LDPX Aromatics Complex, to produce key
petrochemical feedstocks used in plastics, polyester fibers and
packaging materials.
Under the agreement, Honeywell Technologies UOP will provide
technology licensing, engineering and related services, as well as
catalysts, adsorbents and equipment.
“By collaborating with Honeywell Technologies UOP on this new
aromatics complex, we are investing in world-class technologies
that will strengthen our production capabilities, support long-term
industrial growth and enable us to meet evolving market demand for
essential petrochemical products,” GPIC Chief Executive Officer
Yasser A. Rahim Alabbasi said.
Mohamed Sami, Honeywell Technologies’ general manager for
process technology in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, said GPIC’s
selection reflected confidence in the company’s technologies and
project execution capabilities.
The project is expected to facilitate the efficient production
of high-value petrochemicals while strengthening Bahrain’s
industrial base, he added.
Honeywell Technologies and GPIC have an established business
relationship, having previously cooperated on pressure swing
adsorption technology, adsorbents and process automation solutions
at GPIC’s ammonia and methanol facilities.
The new aromatics complex builds on this cooperation and
supports GPIC’s long-term development plans.
