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Petrochemicals

OMV plans isobutene plant in Germany

by Michael McCoy
July 19, 2019 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 97, Issue 29

A photo of OMV's refinery in Burghausen, Germany.
Credit: OMV
OMV is adding high-purity isobutene production at its Burghausen refinery.

The Austrian oil and gas firm OMV will spend about $72 million to build a high-purity isobutene plant at its refinery in Burghausen, Germany. To open in September 2020 with a capacity of around 60,000 metric tons per year, the facility will use a catalyst from BASF and heat-integration technology developed jointly by OMV and BASF. OMV says the facility continues the firm’s move away from refining and into chemicals.

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