OMV AG has finished extending its butadiene plant at the Schwechat refinery in Austria, increasing its production capacity to 60,000 tonnes/year. The $41m project was completed on time and below budget. OMV is also constructing a butadiene plant at its refinery in Burghausen, Germany, which is expected to be commissioned in Q2 2015.
HOUSTON - OMV AG has completed the extension of a butadiene plant at its 203,900-b/d Schwechat refinery in Austria.
The completed expansion, which will increase the plant’s butadiene production capacity to 60,000 tonnes/year, began operating on May 2, OMV reported.
The $41 million plant upgrade, which began in September 2013 and ended in late April, was completed on time and below budget, the company said.
Upon initially announcing the project in 2013, OMV said it expected Schwechat’s expanded butadiene plant to begin production in June, according to a May 7, 2013, release from the company.
OMV also said it is progressing with construction of a butadiene plant at its 72,000-b/d refinery in Burghausen, Germany.
The company expects the Burghausen plant to be commissioned during second-quarter 2015.