Chinese refiner selects Clariant's Catofin catalyst for isobutylene project

Shandong Chengtai Chemical Industry Co Ltd will use Clariant’s Catofin catalyst in its new grassroots iso-butane dehydrogenation unit to be built in Changyi, Shandong Province, China. The unit will use the Catofin dehydrogenation technology offered from CB&I, which has been awarded the contract for the license and engineering design of the new unit, and Clariant’s tailor made Catofin catalyst to process iso-butane feed for the production of 1,14,000 metric tonnes per year of isobutylene.
 
“The Catofin technology has been selected for 20 projects in the last five years. This award is further testament to the success of the Catofin technology and catalyst in allowing customers to process various feedstocks at ideal conditions for the highest yields,” said Daniel McCarthy, President of CB&I’s Technology Operating Group.
 
Stefan Heuser, Senior Vice President and Head of Business Unit Catalysts of Clariant, added, “Catofin technology is a reliable and well proven technology. The first commercial propane dehydrogenation unit in China was based on Catofin technology and has been in successful operation since October 2013.”
 
Isobutylene is used as a building block to produce MTBE and other downstream products.