CNOOC Oil and Petrochemicals Co. (CNOOC) has selected the LyondellBasell's Spherizone technology for a 400 KT per year polypropylene (PP) plant planned to be built in Huizhou, China. "LyondellBasell Spherizone technology can deliver a wide range of high-quality PP products with low resource and energy consumption and we are pleased that CNOOC has again selected our technology for their new facility," said Bob Patel, Senior Vice President of Olefins and Polyolefins for Europe, Asia, International, and Technology at LyondellBasell.

"This is the fourth polyolefins process technology we have licensed to CNOOC and its joint venture, building on a relationship that spans more than 10 years." The Company reported that since the launch of this technology in 2004, 3.5 million tons of Spherizone process capacities have been licensed.