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LyondellBasell is the world’s third-largest independent chemical company. We have annual revenues of approximately $30.8 billion and more than 14,000 employees worldwide. Our vertically integrated facilities, broad product portfolio, manufacturing flexibility, superior technology base and reputation for operational excellence enable us to deliver exceptional value to our customers across the petrochemical chain – from refining to advanced product applications.
Product diversity and vertical integration allow LyondellBasell to capture value at every step of the petrochemical chain.
Natural Gas Wellhead Crude Liquids Capturing value along the chain
Refining Refining
Fuels Olefins Olefins Crackers Olefins Aromatics T echnology
Propylene Olefin OxyFuels Polyethylene Polypropylene Polybutene-1 Acetyls Ethylene Oxide Styrene Derivatives Oxide
Glycols, Glycol Ethers Glycols 2nd Level PP Catalloy Derivatives Compounding Butanediol Glycol Ethers
Refining & OxyFuels Olefins & Polyolefins Olefins & Polyolefins Intermediates & Derivatives Technology Americas Europe, Asia & International
2 A global leader in polyolefins and chemicals technology, production and marketing
About LyondellBasell LyondellBasell’s technologies are some of the Global capacity positions most reliable, efficient and cost effective in the With major administrative offices in Houston, world. With over 280 licensed lines around Polyolefin Licensing 1st Texas, and Rotterdam, The Netherlands, the globe based on various LyondellBasell Polypropylene Catalysts 1st LyondellBasell has combined annual revenues technologies, we have an unmatched track of approximately $30.8* billion and more than record of licensing and know-how transfer Polyolefins and Polypropylene 14,000 employees worldwide. that helps our customers to explore new Compounding 1st opportunities across the entire petrochemical At LyondellBasell, we clearly recognize the Polypropylene 1st value chain. importance of being a responsible corporate Oxygenated Fuels 1st citizen in our communities. We are committed to operating our businesses with the highest Fast facts Propylene Oxide 2nd principles of integrity, ethics and corporate Vertically-integrated facilities enable responsibility, as well as the highest standards of Polyethylene 3rd conversion of crude hydrocarbons to health, safety and environmental performance. materials for advanced applications Ethylene 4th Our vertically-integrated facilities, advanced Global reach and scope to compete Propylene 4th technology base and licensing portfolio, broad effectively worldwide product range, manufacturing flexibility, Refining capacity 373,000 and reputation for operational excellence Business segments: Technology; Olefins barrels per day allow us to deliver exceptional value to our & Polyolefins; Intermediates & Derivatives; customers – from refining through to advanced and Refining & Oxyfuels product applications. A technology business that leads its industry As the only licensor worldwide offering in process technology licensing and catalysts process technologies for the production of Annual revenues of $30.8 billion* all polypropylene and polyethylene product families, LyondellBasell also provides a selective 59 manufacturing sites in 18 countries on range of chemical technologies based on in- five continents house manufacturing, product development and process design expertise. Sales in more than 100 countries *Based on 2009 revenues
3 Innovation makes the difference for polyolefins, catalysts and chemical technologies
A continuing customer relationship LyondellBasell’s customers continue to benefit from our R&D advancements and integrated know-how in catalysts, processes and products that enhance your manufacturing capabilities.
4 A comprehensive portfolio of licensed technologies
Polyolefins Technologies Chemicals Technologies
Olefins Conversion PE Lupotech Spherilene Hostalen Olefins Recovery
Cracker Aromatics Extraction PP Spherizone Acetyls Spheripol Metocene Oxiranes and Derivatives
A sustainable competitive These developments have been pivotal in QVAM-1 catalyst. This legacy has continued advantage the success of the Spheripol PP process and with the recent development of the next- the latest Spherizone multi-zone reactor generation, highly-efficient QVAM-2 catalyst Intense competition, cyclical over-capacity and PP technology innovation. technology, which offers a leading operating- ongoing restructuring are among the many cost position and a catalyst life three times that business pressures facing the chemical industry Pioneering of alternative technologies. today. LyondellBasell understands that there The same Glacido Acetic Acid process first is no simple formula that meets the needs of LyondellBasell pioneered the high-pressure commercialized by LyondellBasell in 1980 each and every company. Our strategic focus tubular LDPE market with Lupotech T, and in now incorporates LyondellBasell’s latest is to create innovative polyolefin and chemical 2000 invested in the first world-scale plant proprietary “low-water” catalyst promoter products with flexible process technologies in Aubette, France. LyondellBasell’s Hostalen system technology. This technology can which deliver superior performance and technology, which was first commercialized in deliver optimum process economics, material cost-effective solutions to meet the changing 1964 and now produces a globally established selection enhancements and economies of requirements of our customers. product range, has been further enhanced with the multimodal Hostalen ACP configuration scale while producing more than double the LyondellBasell offers process technologies for high-performance HDPE products. original capacity. and associated services for the entire PP and The strength of LyondellBasell’s proven PE portfolio. From the first industrial polypropylene and polyethylene processes to the latest Spherizone Trans4m process technologies lies in the Our customers benefit from LyondellBasell’s multi-zone circulating reactor and Spherilene simplified modular approach to achieving Avant family of polyolefin catalysts and the gas-phase polyethylene platform, LyondellBasell a complete solution. The Trans4m chemical integrated know-how we have in catalysts, and its predecessors have delivered state-of- processes include catalytic technologies for the processes and products that enhance your the-art polyolefin catalysts, technologies, and selective conversion, separation, purification manufacturing capabilities. products to customers worldwide. and isomerization of low-value, mixed-olefin streams from crackers. The comprehensive Heritage Extensive experience Trans4m process technology range includes Butadiene extraction; skeletal isomerisation of It began with the polyolefin catalyst discoveries In terms of chemical technologies, LyondellBasell C4 and C5 olefins; etherification of isobutene of Karl Ziegler and Giulio Natta, who were benefits from a rich heritage of breakthroughs to MTBE and ETBE; separation of saturated C4 awarded the Nobel Prize in 1963. This legacy and achievements in the design and operation products, isomerization of C4 and C5 olefins; has continued through five revolutionary of processes. LyondellBasell commercialized and separation and purification of isoprene, generations of Avant Ziegler-Natta catalysts to its Vacido Vinyl Acetate Monomer (VAM) piperylene and dicyclopentadiene (DCPD). the development of a new metallocene-based technology in 1969 with the first-generation polypropylene catalyst, Metocene.
5 Polyolefin technologies Sustained leadership in polyolefin processes
LyondellBasell is a global leader in the development and licensing of polyolefin processes and related catalysts for the production of the entire polyethylene and polypropylene product portfolio. A leading share of the world’s polyolefins capacity is based on the six key LyondellBasell polyolefin technologies: Lupotech, Spherilene, Hostalen, Spherizone, Spheripol and Metocene.
6 Olefins Conversion
PE Olefins Recovery
Aromatics Extraction PP Acetyls Oxiranes and Derivatives
Licensed polyethylene technologies and services
Lupotech Spherilene Hostalen
Leading high-pressure tubular and autoclave Flexible gas-phase process technology for Low-pressure slurry process for high- processes for the production of LDPE and the production of LLDPE, MDPE and HDPE performance multimodal HDPE EVA copolymers Simple process design High-performance grades using multimodal More than 10 million tonnes of total HDPE including film, blow molding and licensed capacity* Extended process flexibility, very competitive pipe applications capital costs and very low operating costs State-of-the-art 400 kt/a single-line Eight million tonnes of global tubular plant in Saudi Arabia More than 3.5 million tons of bimodal and multimodal HDPE capacity licensed capacity Wide grade slate, including EVA-copolymers Forty-one licensed lines and nine with up to 40% VA content Eleven lines in operation and two lines lines under construction* under construction or in start-up Low investment and operating costs Excellent operability Propietary Avant catalysts for the entire Stable, flexible and optimized operability range of products Proven single-line capacities up to 400 kt/a
Single-line autoclave capacity >100 kt Entire range of products covering the full *as of May 2010 and tubular capacity up to 450 kt/a density range from 0.918–0.965 g/cm3
Single-line capacity up to 600 kt/a
Single-reactor and dual-reactor configurations
Polyethylene Catalyst Portfolio
Avant Z Avant C
Catalyst for leading bimodal Chromium-based catalysts for and multimodal HDPE grades a broad range of MDPE and in slurry technologies. Controlled HDPE applications in gas- morphology catalysts for full phase technology range of LLD+MD+HD products in gas-phase technology
7 Olefins Conversion
PE Olefins Recovery
Aromatics Extraction PP Acetyls Oxiranes and Derivatives
Licensed polypropylene technologies and services
Spherizone Spheripol Metocene
Latest-generation polypropylene process Leading polypropylene process technology Innovative add-on technology for the technology, based on a multi‑zone reactor for the production of homopolymer, random production of specialty polypropylene for the production of polypropylene and and heterophasic copolymers products using single-site catalyst systems novel polyolefins More than 22 million tonnes of Implementation in existing and newly More than three million tonnes of licensed licensed capacity* built plants capacity, with eight lines in operation and three lines under construction* More than 100 licensed lines / 13 lines under Technology enhancement for Spheripol construction / start-up* and other PP processes Multi-zone circulating reactor technology creating bimodal products in single reactor Excellent product range and quality Single-site catalyst chemistry
Superior and expanded product range Superior operability Added value products across many applications including novel and premium products Outstanding investment and operating costs Excellent operability Strong variability of properties within Unmatched safety record an extended performance range Optimized investment and operating costs Single-line capacity up to 600 kt/a *as of May 2010 Single-line capacity up to 500 kt/a
Polypropylene Catalyst Portfolio
Avant ZN Avant M
Multi-purpose catalysts (3rd–5th Single-site catalysts for the generation) for a broad range of production of specialty demanding value applications polypropylene products
8 LyondellBasell Spherizone process plant, Brindisi, Italy
9 Chemicals technologies From an experienced chemicals producer
Extensive experience in design, best-in-class operation, optimum economical configurations and development of products for a diverse market are the driving forces behind the success of our own chemicals business and that of our customers. LyondellBasell applies its own expertise in know-how transfer for its chemicals technologies, which are available for license.
10 Olefins Conversion
PP Olefins Recovery
Aromatics Extraction PE Acetyls Oxiranes and Derivatives
Licensed chemicals technologies and services
Olefins Conversion Olefins Recovery Aromatics Extraction
Catalytic process technologies for the Comprehensive set of process technologies Processes for the extraction and conversion selective conversion of low-value, mixed- for the separation and purification of of high-purity benzene, toluene and xylenes olefin streams from crackers to ethylene, C4 and C5 olefins including extraction of from liquid cracker pygas streams and coke propylene and butenes butadiene and high-purity isoprene oven light oils
Trans4m S skeletal isomerization of C4 and Trans4m BD extractive distillation technology High-purity recovery of aromatics applying C5 feedstocks applying a unique, highly of mixed C4 for the recovery of polymer- sulfolane extraction, including TDI grade selective zeolite-based catalyst forming grade butadiene toluene and cyclohexane grade benzene isobutylene and isoamylenes, respectively Trans4m C5 extractive distillation technology Technology designed for catalytic reformate, Superflex process technology for the selective for isoprene, piperylene and DCPD separation pyrolysis gasoline and coke oven light oils conversion of Propylene from a mixed (COLO) feedstocks Dicyclopentadiene (DCPD) production low‑value feedstock, applying a fluidized applying dimerization of a mixed C5 stream Hydrodealkylation technology and paraxylene catalytic reactor crystallization Prodflex* metathesis of ethylene and butene-2 to maximize propylene production
Acetyls Oxiranes and Derivatives
Glacido (acetic acid) and Vacido Leading processes for the production (vinyl acetate monomer – VAM) process of propylene oxide* and its derivatives technologies using highly-selective, including butanediol, tetrahydrofuran (THF), low‑pressure catalytic processes gamma-butyrolactone (GBL) and n-methyl-2- pyrrolidone (NMP) Leading operating economics in Glacido (acetic acid) and Vacido (VAM) investments Seven LyondellBasell plants across the globe High-performance, extended-life, Ethylbenzene route producing styrene acetoxylation catalyst for VAM production monomer as co-product
High-yield MeOH carbonylation route Isobutene route producing t-butyl alcohol for acetic acid production (TBA) as co-product leading to methyl t-butyl ether (MTBE) and ethyl t-butyl ether Highly optimized on-line acetic acid (ETBE) derivatives reactor control system Butanediol conversion, applying highly selective catalyst and separation technologies, *For LyondellBasell joint ventures only to THF, GBL and NMP
11 Polyolefin technologies Licensee locations
From the world’s leading licensor of polyolefin technologies
North America South America Europe & CIS AFME Asia Pacific & India
Lupotech 10 Lupotech 5 Lupotech 18 Lupotech 8 Lupotech 20 Hostalen 1 Spherilene 2 Spherilene 3 Spherilene 5 Spherilene 5 Spherizone 1 Hostalen 4 Hostalen 10 Hostalen 15 Hostalen 11 Spheripol 14 Spheripol 7 Spherizone 3 Spherizone 2 Spherizone 5 Metocene 1 Spheripol 27 Spheripol 14 Spheripol 43 Metocene 2 Metocene 1 Licensed lines
Spherizone plant, SamsungTotal, Daesan, South Korea
12 Chemical technologies Licensee locations
From an experienced operator of chemical technologies
North America South America Europe & CIS AFME Asia Pacific & India
Olefins Conversion 2 Aromatics 7 Olefins Recovery 1 Olefins Conversion 1 Olefins Conversion 2 Olefins Recovery 6 Acetyls 1 Aromatics 13 Olefins Recovery 1 Olefins Recovery 4 Aromatics 9 Oxiranes and Oxiranes and Aromatics 5 Aromatics 36 Acetyls 1 Derivatives 1 Derivatives 3 Oxiranes and Acetyls 1 Oxiranes and Derivatives 1 Oxiranes and Derivatives 4 Derivatives 4 Licensed lines
LyondellBasell Corpus Christi Complex, Texas, USA LyondellBasell Channelview Complex, Texas, USA
13 Technology services
Support LyondellBasell HSE experts participate in or a variation in the product grade slate needs a Plant Safety Audit to verify adherence to be made, LyondellBasell can assist in the LyondellBasell’s Technology Services provide to LyondellBasell’s Safety Design Criteria, engineering activities needed to upgrade the extensive support for licensees before and during with special attention to health and plant accordingly. start-up, and for the entire life of a plant. environmental matters. Improvements Start-up Sharing We will undertake detailed analysis of your Prior to start-up, highly experienced staff at For the life of the investment, LyondellBasell operations and the products that your LyondellBasell’s training centers (Ferrara and continues to share safety information and customers demand. Then we can help identify Brindisi, Italy; Bayport and Houston, USA; and enhancements in order to further improve the improvement opportunities and optimize Aubette, France) train licensees’ operations team safety standard of each technology. your existing polyolefin assets by leveraging on operations, quality control, maintenance, LyondellBasell’s extensive worldwide experience In addition, in order to further benefit from applications and safety. in tandem with the special skills of your LyondellBasell’s technical knowledge and organization. LyondellBasell Technology Services A start-up team comprised of LyondellBasell developments, licensees can enter into a can help you increase plant utilization, reduce operators provides assistance during pre- Technical Support Agreement (TSA) with costs, improve product quality and meet your commissioning and commissioning of the LyondellBasell. If market conditions change and customers’ application requirements, while plant. After completion of the commissioning, the capacity of the plant needs to be increased maintaining a strong focus on safety.
Environment and safety
LyondellBasell’s core values of environmental among the best in the chemicals industry. In Environment protection and the efficient use of resources addition, we have implemented best practice are demonstrated within our technologies, environmental design to create technologies In the design of Lupotech process with a focus on the continual reduction of which lead in the industry in the minimization technologies, we limit hydrocarbon emissions environmental emissions and waste generation. of resource consumption and the prevention of through selected waste gas streams that are Additionally, we have a responsibility to design process emissions. processed using thermal or catalytic catalysts. processes that can be operated safely to protect Below are some examples that demonstrate our Our Spherilene process technology the employees and communities in which our commitment to Health, Safety and Environment: has the most efficient raw material technologies are operated. consumption compared to alternative LyondellBasell technologies reflect our Process safety polyethylene processes. “Operational Excellence” philosophy as a basis for achieving superior health, safety and Our Spheripol process technology has a track For more than 40 years, we have environmental performance through high record of nearly seven million hours without a demonstrated full environmental compliance reliability operations. This in turn helps our major incident. with USA benzene requirements in customers achieve measurable improvements aromatics technologies. within their businesses. Reliable technology and Our Lupotech process technology incorporates safety are intrinsically linked, and LyondellBasell’s highly effective reactor safety and plant technologies have a safety record that is shutdown systems to protect the plant.
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Technology – Licensing Industriepark Hoechst Building B852, 5th floor 65926 Frankfurt am Main Germany
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LyondellBasell is one of the world’s largest plastics, chemical, and refining companies. The company manufactures products at 59 sites in 18 countries. LyondellBasell products and technologies are used to make items that improve the quality of life for people around the world including packaging, electronics, automotive parts, home furnishings, construction materials and biofuels. More information about LyondellBasell can be found at www.lyondellbasell.com Before using a LyondellBasell product, customers and other users should make their own independent determination that the product is suitable for the intended use. They should also ensure that they can use the LyondellBasell product safely and legally. (Material Safety Data Sheets are available from LyondellBasell at www.lyondellbasell.com). This document does not constitute a warranty, express or implied, including a warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. No one is authorized to make such warranties or assume any liabilities on behalf of LyondellBasell except in writing signed by an authorized LyondellBasell employee. Unless otherwise agreed in writing, the exclusive remedy for all claims is replacement of the product or refund of the purchase price at LyondellBasell’s option, and in no event shall LyondellBasell be liable for special, consequential, punitive, or exemplary damages.
Avant, Catalloy, Glacido, Hostalen, Lupotech, Metocene, Prodflex, Spherilene, Spheripol, Spherizone, Superflex, Trans4m and Vacido are trademarks owned or used by LyondellBasell group companies.
Avant, Hostalen, Spheripol and Spherizone are trademarks owned or used by LyondellBasell group companies.
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