22.05.2014 • News • Catalysis & Catalysts • Clariant • Dede Willams

Clariant Catalyst Selected for Chinese Isobutylene Plant

Shandong Chengtai Chemical Industry Co has selected the Catofin catalyst manufactured by Swiss specialty chemicals producer Clariant for a new grassroots iso-butane dehydrogenation unit it is building in Changyi, Shandong Province.

The contract for the license and engineering design has been awarded to CB&I, and the plant will use the company's dehydrogenation technology to produce 114,000 t/y of isobutylene as a building block to produce MTBE and other downstream products.

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