October 21, 2004 - "SK Corporation selects Axens’ Technologies"
SK Corporation has selected two Axens' ParamaX™ technologies for its aromatics complex in Ulsan, South Korea. The 30,000 bpsd high-severity Aromizing™ CCR reformer will convert naphtha feedstock to a mixture of aromatics compounds, while the 680,000 tons per year Uhde Morphylane™ extractive distillation unit will produce a purified benzene and toluene cut from an Aromizing stream and from the existing catalytic reformer. The start-ups of the new units are scheduled for 2006.
Paramax and Aromizing are trademarks of Axens; Morphylane is a trademark of Uhde, a company of Thyssen-Krupp Technologies.
SK Corporation SK Corporation, part of SK Group, is the largest national refining and petrochemicals company, with a capacity of 810,000 bpsd crude distillation and a manufacturing capacity of up to 4.3 million tons per year of petrochemicals products, including base chemicals, intermediates, petrochemicals and lubricants.
Uhde Uhde, is a company in the Technologies segment of the Thyssen-Krupp Group and has a workforce of more than 3,900 employees worldwide. The company's activities focus on the design and construction of chemical and other industrial plants in the following fields: refining technologies, plants for fertilisers, organic intermediates, polymers and synthetic fibres, electrolysis plants, gas technologies, plants for oil, coal and residue gasification, coking technologies and pharmaceuticals.
