Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide its technology license and basic engineering design services for a 700 000 tpy ethylene mixed feed cracker to be built by GS Caltex. The new plant will use naphtha, liquefied petroleum gas and refinery off-gases as its main feedstocks. It will be constructed in Yeosu where GS Caltex's 790 000 bpd refinery is located. The project will use KBR's highly selective SC-1 furnaces for the highest yield and flexibility.
KBR has been a leader in olefin plant design, construction and technology development for more than 50 years. Since 1990 over 20 new ethylene plants with a combined capacity of 13 million tpy have been brought on-stream using KBR's cracking technologies and flexible plant designs to produce ethylene, propylene and other byproducts from a variety of feedstocks.
