KBR awarded contract to provide technology license and basic engineering

– KBR, a global engineering, construction and services company, has been awarded a contract by Ningbo Wanhua Polyurethanes Company to provide the technology and basic engineering for a 360,000 MTPA aniline plant. Once complete, Wanhua’s aniline plant will be the largest in China and the largest single-train facility in the world. Wanhua uses aniline to produce methylene diphenyl diisocyanate, or MDI, which is used in polyurethane products. Growth in the demand for polyurethane products is higher in Asia than in any other region. Wanhua, China’s largest producer of MDI, is expanding its existing MDI capacity to a world-scale 600,000 tons per year to help meet this demand. The aniline technology is available to KBR through a licensing alliance with DuPont. “DuPont aniline technology is recognized in China for its performance, safety, reliability, and value,” said Tim Challand, President, Technology for KBR. “The DuPont aniline process allows Wanhua to implement a technology that reduces their project costs while ensuring safety and performance.”