Rotterdam, January 28, 2025 – LyondellBasell (LYB), the world's largest licensor of polyolefin technologies, today announced that Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL) has selected its Hostalen Advanced Cascade Process (Hostalen ACP) technology for a new 500 kiloton per year (kta) high-density polyethylene (HDPE) facility in Paradip, India.
The new HDPE plant will be integrated into IOCL's Paradip complex, one of India's largest integrated refinery-petrochemical complexes. Located on the eastern coast of India in the state of Odisha, the Paradip facility plays a strategic role in serving the growing polymer market in the Indian subcontinent. The complex, which includes a 15 million tonnes per year refinery, will benefit from the addition of this state-of-the-art HDPE unit to its existing petrochemical operations.
"This collaboration exemplifies our commitment to building long lasting partnerships that address our customers' unique needs while contributing to global solutions," said Patrik Schneider, Director of Global Licensing at LYB. " The low-pressure slurry HDPE process is already well known to the Indian market and the resins are much appreciated by converters across all sectors."
This marks the eighth technology license agreement between LYB and IOCL, further fostering the relationship between the two companies. In total, more than 2,500 (kta) of polyolefin capacity have now been licensed, with the other licenses having been installed at IOCL's Paradip but also at the Panipat sites. IOCL not only operates Hostalen ACP process technology but is also a major Spheripol PP process technology operator in India.
The new plant will utilize LYB Avant Z501 and Avant Z509-1 catalysts to produce a comprehensive range of multi-modal HDPE products. The Hostalen ACP process enables the use of a single catalyst family based on Ziegler chemistry to produce the full range of resins, thereby avoiding the production of lower-value transition products.
The Hostalen ACP process technology produces high-performance, multi-modal HDPE resins that set industry standards for stiffness-to-toughness balance, impact resistance, and stress cracking resistance. These advanced materials serve critical applications in infrastructure pipes but also sets a standard in film, blow molding, and caps & closure manufacturing, offering significant processing advantages to end-users.
New licensees can take advantage of LYB in-house expertise of continuous production improvement, sustainable product development and catalyst knowhow, by optionally joining our Technical Service program.
In addition to the Hostalen ACP process technology, the LyondellBasell portfolio of licensed polyolefin processes and catalysts includes:
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Spheripol – The leading PP process technology with more than 35 million tons of licensed capacity with globally recognized quality grades with leading monomer consumption and investment costs to make it the technology of choice.
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Spherizone – The breakthrough multi-zone circulating reactor provides a unique and innovative platform to manufacture polypropylene products with novel architecture and enhanced properties.
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Metocene PP – Innovative add-on technology produces specialty polypropylene products using single-site catalyst systems.
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Lupotech – The market leader on high pressure technology offers, with its high conversion rates and effective heat recovery system, the lowest operating and investment costs for the production of low density polyethylene (LDPE) and ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) copolymers
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Avant – Advanced Ziegler-Natta, including non-phthalate, chromium and metallocene catalysts for entire range of polyolefin production.
Contact:
Andreas Anker, Corporate Communications
Andreas.anker@lyb.com
Tel.: +49 2236 72 1595
About IOCL:
Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) is a leading Public Sector Undertaking with a footprint across the energy landscape - oil, gas, petrochemicals, and alternative energy sources, playing a crucial role in meeting the country's energy demand. As India’s leading energy major, it owns and operates 10 out of the 22 refineries in India, with a refining capacity exceeding 80 million metric tons annually and accounts for over 35% of the national refining capacity. IOCL also operates an extensive pipeline network for the transportation of crude oil and other products, in addition to its widespread marketing chain that is responsible for the distribution of various petroleum and petrochemical products through its network of over 60,000 customer touch-points, surmounting the challenges of tough terrain, climate, and accessibility. Its Research & Development Centre offers a competitive advantage to the Corporation through world-class technology, process solutions and innovative products.
About LyondellBasell:
We are LyondellBasell – a leader in the global chemical industry creating solutions for everyday sustainable living. Through advanced technology and focused investments, we are enabling a circular and low carbon economy. Across all we do, we aim to unlock value for our customers, investors and society. As one of the world’s largest producers of polymers and a leader in polyolefin technologies, we develop, manufacture and market high-quality and innovative products for applications ranging from sustainable transportation and food safety to clean water and quality healthcare. For more information, please visit www.lyondellbasell.com or follow @LyondellBasell on LinkedIn.
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