Operations at the joint BASF-Sinopec ethanolamines plant in Nanjing are expected to resume at the end of May, according to reports from Polymerupdate. The plant was shut for maintenance in April this year.
Located in Nanjing, Jiangsu in China, the plant has a total production capacity of 130,000 metric tons per year.
BASF-YPC is in plans to bring on stream its monoethylene glycol plant also at Nanjing., the MEG plant has a production capacity of 300,000 mt/year.
Sinopec and BASF inaugurated a downstream expansion of Nanjing in 2023, which added production of several types of chemicals, including ethanolamines, which are used among other things as intermediates in the production of lubricants and lubricant additives.
Announced in 2021, the project also gave the site capacity to make purified ethylene oxide, propionic acid, propionic aldehyde, ethyleneamines and tert-butyl acrylate.
Ethanolamines are used for a variety of applications, including as intermediates in the preparation of water-soluble lubricants, emulsifiers, corrosion inhibitors and biocides.