The petrochemical company Lukoil is building a new plant for polypropylene (PP) in Burgas, Bulgaria.

The company has acquired a license for a production line “Novolen” with a capacity of 280,000 tons / year from the American company Lummus, Texas (www.lummustechnology.com).

The contract also includes the technical design planning, training and services as well as a supply deal for catalysts, including metallocene types.

Lukoil already has a PP production line with a capacity of 80,000 t / y in Burgas.

The group also has another PP production facility in its Russian “Stavrolen” complex in the city of Budyonnovsk, which has a capacity of 120,000 tons / year.

Source: www.plasteurope.com