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SIDPEC is Egypt’s flagship petrochemical production facility (Photo: SIDPEC)

SIDPEC selects Honeywell solution

to upgrade production capabilities

EGYPT SIDI Kerir Petrochemicals Co. (SIDPEC), a quickly as possible, Honeywell said.
leading petrochemicals producer in Egypt, has Mohamed Zayan, SIDPEC’s utility projects
selected Honeywell Process Solutions technol- manager, agreed. “We selected Honeywell for
ogy to upgrade the production capabilities of its this important upgrade because of the reliabil-
petrochemical complex in Alexandria, which ity and performance of our previous Honeywell
produces ethylene and polyethylene for the TPS system in Ethylene and Polyethylene, and
domestic Egyptian market. our success with other Honeywell technolo-
The task involves migrating SIDPEC’s leg- gies at the site,” he said. “Honeywell’s ability
acy Honeywell TotalPlant™ Solution (TPS) to upgrade the production system in such a
production system with the latest version of its short timeframe minimized disruption to our
Experion® Process Knowledge System solution operations.
at SIDPEC’s complex in Alexandria, Honeywell Egypt is the top consumer of polypropylene
said in a statement, in Africa, consuming about 4.4 kg of polypro-
The upgrade is part of an expansion of the pylene per capita. Rapid population growth and
facility to incorporate propylene and polypro- urbanisation will push this number up by 5%
pylene production and increase the supply of annually until the end of 2022, IHS Markit says.
petrochemical products to domestic and inter- Majority state-owned SIDPEC is Egypt’s flag-
national customers. It was completed in just 10 ship petrochemical producer and is listed on the
days, allowing SIDPEC to restart production as Egyptian Stock Exchange. ™

Kampala expects Total FID by mid-March

UGANDA ROBERT Kasande, the permanent secretary soon on developing oilfields near Lake Albert.
of Uganda’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Speaking to The EastAfrican, Kasande said
Development, said last week France’s Total and the FID would happen soon because the compa-
China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC) nies were close to resolving all of their outstand-
would make a final investment decision (FID) ing differences with the Ugandan government.

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