DATE : 2013-10-31

Sterlitamak Petrochemical Plant (SPP) has launched the production of A-grade butadiene at its D-4-10 shop, expanding its product portfolio. According to SPP's chief technology officer, the production was driven by the firm's efforts to optimally utilize raw materials, enhance feedstock processing and added value and reduce the company's dependence to the synthetic rubber and raw material markets. The product, which is currently undergoing certification, will be supplied to the hydrocarbon feedstock market. Probable clients are Russian producers of solution-polymerized butadiene rubbers. The 80 tonnes of 1,3-butadiene that were initially-produced already passed quality assurance procedures. The shop is now set to raise the output to more than 1000 tonnes/m.

SOURCE RCCNews