DES PLAINES, Ill., Feb. 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Honeywell (NYSE:
HON) today announced that its UOP Russell business will provide
a fractionation plant capable of producing 60,000 barrels per day
of natural gas liquids (NGLs) to MarkWest Energy Partners. The
company, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of MPLX LP (NYSE:
MPLX), will install the plant at its Hopedale facility located in Jewett, Ohio.
The fractionation system will recover propane, isobutane, normal
butane and pentane – or natural gasoline -- from mixed natural gas
liquids for use in petrochemical manufacturing.
"A growing number of gas processors are investing in NGL
fractionation technology," said Craig
Ranta, Honeywell's business director for UOP Russell.
"Today, our fractionation technologies produce more than 850,000
barrels per day of natural gas liquids extracted from natural gas
streams."
Fractionation units are used to separate mixtures of extracted
NGLs into individual pure components. The resulting products are
used to manufacture a wide range of petrochemicals that are made
into plastic resins, films and fibers, rubber, and fuel-blending
components.
The UOP Russell fractionation plant is customized for the large
capacity requirements of MarkWest, and it represents an expansion
of UOP Russell's portfolio of pre-engineered fractionation
products.
"In less than 40 weeks, Honeywell now can provide fractionation
units for de-ethanizers up to 125,000 barrels per day and for
depropanizers up to 60,000 barrels per day," Ranta said. "This
allows customers to get onstream and begin reliably generating
revenue even faster than before."
MPLX is engaged in the gathering, processing and transportation
of natural gas; the gathering, transportation, fractionation,
storage and marketing of NGLs; and the transportation, storage and
distribution of crude oil and refined petroleum products. MarkWest
operates natural gas gathering systems in six states. Its natural
gas processing complexes remove the heavier and more valuable
hydrocarbon components from natural gas. The company currently
operates natural gas processing complexes in the Marcellus Shale,
Utica Shale, Appalachia region, and Southwest region. MarkWest's
assets include approximately 5.9 billion cubic feet per day of
gathering capacity, 8 billion cubic feet per day of natural gas
processing capacity and 610,000 barrels per day of fractionation
capacity.
Honeywell UOP (www.uop.com) is a leading international supplier
and licensor of process technology, catalysts, adsorbents,
equipment, and consulting services to the petroleum refining,
petrochemical, and gas processing industries. Honeywell UOP is part
of Honeywell's Performance Materials and Technologies strategic
business group, which also includes Honeywell Process Solutions
(www.honeywellprocess.com), a pioneer in automation control,
instrumentation and services for the oil and gas, refining,
petrochemical, chemical and other industries.
Honeywell (www.honeywell.com) is a Fortune 100
software-industrial company that delivers industry specific
solutions that include aerospace and automotive products and
services; control technologies for buildings, homes, and industry;
and performance materials globally. Our technologies help
everything from aircraft, cars, homes and buildings, manufacturing
plants, supply chains, and workers become more connected to make
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