LyondellBasell is the only licensor offering process technologies for the world-scale production of all polypropylene (PP) and polyethylene (PE) product families, as well as a diversified portfolio of chemical technologies.
Our technologies are among the most reliable, efficient and cost-effective in the world. LyondellBasell technologies can meet both the diverse needs of innovative performance plastics manufacturers and those of commodity-oriented polyolefin and chemical producers.
With almost 300 licensed lines of various technologies worldwide, LyondellBasell has an unmatched track record in licensing and know-how transfer. As such, we have a vast experience in petrochemical projects. The expertise from our own production, product development, process design, maintenance, and marketing capabilities is exploited through the committed Licensing, Catalyst and Technology Services organizations in order to provide an optimum solution to the licensee.
Polyolefin Technologies
LyondellBasell's licensing portfolio of polyolefin processes and services include the following:
- Spherizone: The latest-generation polypropylene technology, based on a multi-zone reactor for the production of polypropylene and novel polyolefins
- Spheripol: The worlds leading polypropylene technology for the production of homopolymer, random and heterophasic copolymers
- Metocene: An innovative add-on technology for the production of specialty polypropylene products using single-site catalyst systems
- Spherilene: A flexible gas-phase process for the production of LLDPE, MDPE and monomodal and bimodal HDPE
- Hostalen: Low-pressure slurry process technology for the production of high-performance multimodal HDPE grades
- Lupotech: Leading high pressure tubular and autoclave processes for the production of LDPE and EVA copolymers
Chemical Technologies
LyondellBasell's licensing portfolio of chemical processes and services include the following:
- Olefins Conversion: The Superflex, Prodflex*, Trans4m, isomerisation and hydration catalytic processes for the selective conversion of low-value, mixed-olefin streams from crackers to ethylene, propylene and butenes.
- Olefins Recovery: Comprehensive set of process technologies, and Trans4m, for the separation and purification of C4 & C5 olefins, including extraction of butadiene and high-purity isoprene.
- Aromatics Extraction: Processes for the extraction and conversion of high-purity benzene, toluene and xylenes from liquid cracker pygas streams and coke oven light oils.
- Oxiranes and Derivatives: Leading processes for the production of propylene oxide* and its derivatives including butanediol, THF, NMP and GBL.
- Acetyls: Glacido acetic acid and Vacido vinyl acetate monomer (VAM) process technologies using highly-selective, low-pressure catalytic processes.
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* For LyondellBasell joint ventures only.
Spherizone, Spheripol, Metocene, Spherilene, Hostalen, Lupotech, Superflex, Prodflex, Vacido, Glacido and Trans4m are trademarks owned or used by LyondellBasell group companies. Trademarks Spherizone, Hostalen and Lupotech are registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.