French technology provider Axens has won contracts in China and India to supply several of its proprietary process units.

The most recent contract was awarded by China’s Shenghong Refining & Chemical (Lianyungang) Co., which has chosen Axens’ H-Oil and HyK hydrocracking processes for its petrochemical complex in Lianyungang, Jiangsu. The two single-train units will increase naphtha capacity by 3.6 million t/y.

Axens said the residue hydrocracking units will allow Shenghong to further improve its economic resilience and competitiveness. Jacques Rault, director of Axens’ middle distillates & conversion business line, said the routing optimization between the distillate hydrocracking HyK unit and the H-Oil unit delivers superior naphtha yields.

In early April, Axens announced it had been selected by HPCL Rajasthan Refinery (HRRL), a joint venture between Hindustan Petroleum Co. Ltd. (HPCL) and the government of Rajasthan in India, to supply several of its technologies for a 9 million t/y integrated refinery and petrochemical complex to be established in Pachpadra Tehsil of Barmer district, Rajasthan.

Axens will provide a naphtha hydrotreater, a C5-C6 isomerization unit, and an AlphaButol high-purity 1-butene unit, among several other facilities. “With these numerous technologies, HRRL will be well positioned to supply the market with cleaner fuels and also high-quality petrochemicals for the coming decades,” commented Axens chairman and CEO, Jean Sentenac.

A timescale and completion dates for both projects have not been disclosed.

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