PKN Orlen Commissions P-Xylene and PTA Complex in Poland

PKN Orlen (Plock, Poland) has completed construction of a more than €1 billion aromatics complex and purified terephthalic acid (PTA) plant.  It comprises a 400,000-m.t./year para-xylene facility at Plock and a 600,000-m.t./year PTA plant at Wloclaweck.  Demand for PTA is growing “at robust rates in Central and Eastern Europe,” as well as in China, India and Western European markets, the company says. PKN Orlen says it has concluded sales contracts with customers.   UOP provided its p-xylene process technology with detailed...

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