Worley to provide EPC services for the plastics-to-BTX plant of Encina
Type of post: NEWS IN BRIEF.
Worley
will provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for Encina’s plastics to benzene-toluene-xylene
(BTX) plant in the United States.
Press release: “Waste
to wear: How pyrolysis is turning plastic waste into reusable chemicals”, 22/5/2020.
Figure 1. Worley to provide EPC services for
the plastics-to-BTX plant of Encina
BTX are important building blocks for a variety
of products including pharmaceuticals, clothing and glues. They are typically
derived from the catalytic reforming of naphtha in a petroleum refinery. Encina
has developed a process that economically extracts BTX from plastic waste
through a catalytic pyrolysis process that enables the cracking of hydrocarbons
to create “pygas” which contains the aromatics. These are then extracted,
captured and delivered to Encina’s end customers.
Encina’s initial US facility will implement its
proprietary technology to produce the valuable renewable chemicals. Worley is
currently working on the engineering package for the plant which is modularly
scalable to take on more capacity. This allows Encina to increase throughput as
more feedstock becomes available.