| Written by Mary Bailey
Celanese Corp. (Dallas), Texas, to strengthen the competitive cost position, sustainable footprint and operational flexibility of its acetyl chain (AC) business and enable it to meet future demands The company announced several strategic milestones at its Lake plant and Nanjing plant in China. growth. These include:
- A new 1.3 million tonne Clear Lake acetic acid expansion will begin in March 2024. We believe this is the lowest cost and lowest carbon footprint acetic acid facility in the world. This milestone builds on the recently announced and ISCC-certified Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU) project, which will increase the production capacity of the Fairway Methanol joint venture with Mitsui & Co. by 130,000 tonnes and simultaneously increase the production capacity by 180,000 tonnes. of industrial CO2 emissions. Low carbon methanol can provide customers with low carbon ECO-CC AC and Engineering Materials downstream products for a wide range of consumer applications.
- The launch of a new vinyl acetate ethylene (VAE) unit in Nanjing and the completion of a global low-capital downstream redispersible polymer powder (RDP) debottlenecking project. The new VAE unit increases production capacity by 70,000 tonnes and expands Acetyl Chain’s ability to leverage the full scope of its integrated product chain in Asia, enabling it to meet growing regional demand for both VAE and downstream RDP. It will be..
- A subsidiary of Celanese, Celanese (Nanjing) Chemical Co. Ltd. has extended its CO Phase II contract with Nanjing Chengzhi Clean Energy Co., Ltd. for the supply of carbon monoxide to its facilities. In Nanjing. Carbon monoxide is an important raw material in the production of acetic acid. This contract extension will provide Celanese’s Nanjing facility with a long-term, reliable supply of carbon monoxide for the 1,200 kiloton acetic acid plant, as well as greater operational flexibility.
“Our teams in Clear Lake and Nanjing have done a great job both across our operations and with valued partners like Chengzhi, executing on significant operational investments that improve our selectivity and making anticipated adjustments. “We were able to increase underlying earnings by increasing post-EBIT from $100 million to $1.4,” said Mark Murray, Celanese’s senior vice president of acetyl. “These moves not only improve our ability to meet customer requirements with a flexible, low-cost approach, but also position us well for future global and regional growth. Masu.”
With global manufacturing and distribution capabilities, Celanese is a leading manufacturer of acetic acid, a basic chemical used in paints and coatings, adhesives, plastic bottles, food packaging and construction materials.
