CAP Expands Butadiene Plant Capacity up to 37%

PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical Tbk through its subsidiary, PT Petrokimia Butadiene Indonesia (PBI), has awarded the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services contract to Toyo Engineering Korea Limited (Toyo-Korea) and PT Inti Karya Persada Tehnik (IKPT) for Butadiene expansion project. Project completion and plant start-up is expected to do in the third quarter of 2018. The expansion will increase its Butadiene production capacity up to 37%. Previously, PBI has also signed agreement with Lummus Technology Inc for the license and engineering design of BASF/Butadiene Extraction technology for expansion of Butadiene production at its integrated Naphtha Cracker complex in Cilegon, Banten.