Process Description

There are many processes have been reported for the commercial production of PE based on
different main reactions. The options of process routes are:
1. UNIPOL
2. Nova
3. Basel Hostalen
4. Basel Spherilene
Process Selection

Process UNIPOL Basel Hostalen

Raw material Ethylene, monomer Ethylene, hydrogen and
hexane (diluent)
Temperature and pressure Temp: <115 oC Temp: 75-85oC
condition Pressure: < 350 psi Pressure: 5-10 bar
Process type Gas phase Slurry
Catalyst(s) Ziegler-Natta, supported Cr, Ziegler-Natta
single site
Production yield 99.5% 98%
Product(s) HDPE, MDPE, LLDPE HDPE
Advantages  Low cost with no  Low maintenance
diluent or solvent to costs due to low-
recover pressure equipment
 Mechanically less  Low Catalyst Cost
problem due to few
moving parts
 Simple design so it
requires less capital
to build and less
maintenance

Disadvantages  Take longer time to  Maybe used two

change grades due to reactors in series or
fluidization parallel will requires
mechanism more capital and
 Requires larger more maintenance
compressor to
recover ethylene
 Less suitable to make
specialty grades
Site Location (Gebeng, Pahang)

Factor and location Gebeng Industrial Area, Kuantan, Pahang

Distance from nearest  39 km from Kuantan town
town  95 km from Kerteh
 266 km from Kuala Lumpur city
Raw materials supplier  Ethylene Malaysia Sdn Bhd
(ethylene)  Optimal Olefins (M) Sdn Bhd
Type of industries Petrochemical
Road facilities East West Expressway (connects Kuala Lumpur and Kuantan)
Railway facility Kuantan – Kerteh Railway
Airport facility Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Airport: 38 km
Port facility  Kuantan Port: 5 km
 Kemaman Port: 51 km
Availability of Available as it closed to center of institution which are:
manpower  Universiti Malaysia Pahang
 University Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN) Sultan Haji Ahmad
Shah Campus
Availability of land 1528.5 hectares
Price of land RM 18 per square feet
Water supply Semambu Water Treatment Plant
Water rate, RM/m3 0.84 sen
Waste disposal facility Qualitest Engineering Sdn Bhd