Lukoil Commissions Chlorine and Caustic Soda Production Unit in Ukraine

Lukoil (Moscow) says its Karpatneftekhim (Kalush, Ukraine) petrochemical subsidiary has commissioned a chlorine and caustic soda production unit at Kalush. The new unit will produce 200,000 m.t./year of commercial caustic soda and about 180,000 m.t./year of gaseous chlorine. The chlorine and caustic soda production unit, which was built in about two years, involved an investment of over $150 million. The unit will also produce gaseous hydrogen, which will be used at the site in the fuel system of the olefine production unit. In August 2010 Karpatneftekhim...

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