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Oct 28, 2005 -- ORLEN completed its biggest petrochemical investment

• PKN ORLEN officially completed the Olefin II revamping, an investment which has allowed the company to double its ethylene and propylene streams.
• The Olefin II plant ../.. was constructed in 1977-1980 based on Lummus technology. Initially, the plant capacity equaled 300,000 tonnes of ethylene and 125,000 tonnes of propylene per annum.
• Between 1994-1995 the plant was revamped and annual volumes increased to 360,000 tonnes of ethylene and 135,000 tonnes of propylene.
• The revamping of the Olefin II plant has marked the end of the Olefin I plant, which was constructed in 1971.
• The latest investment translates into increased annual ethylene volumes, from 360,000 to 700,000 tpa, and propylene from 135,000 to 380,000 tpa.

June 2, 2006 -- UOP Selected By Poland's PKN For New Aromatics Project

• PKN Orlen has selected UOP to supply technology, basic engineering services and equipment for an aromatics project to be installed at PKN's Plock Refinery in Poland.
• The new plant will produce 400 kMTA (thousand metric tons per annum) of para-xylene, which is a key ingredient in the production of polyester for fabric and PET (polyethylene terephthalate) chips for carbonated soft drink and water bottles.
• UOP will design a Parex(TM) process unit to extract pure para-xylene, an Isomar(TM) process unit to convert other xylenes to para-xylene, and a Tatoray(TM) process unit to convert toluene and heavy aromatics to xylenes.
• UOP has been working with PKN and its predecessor companies, Petrochemia Plock and MZRiP since 1974 when UOP licensed a hydrofluoric acid (HF) alkylation process unit, which is used in the production of high-octane gasoline.
• Since that time, UOP has licensed two CCR Platforming process units, a Penex process / DIH (deisohexanizer) unit, a Unicracking process unit, and an FCC (Fluid Catalytic Cracking) process unit at the Plock Refinery.

Sept. 13, 2019 -- PKN Orlen lets contract for Plock refinery

• PKN Orlen SA has let a contract to Honeywell UOP LLC to provide process technology designed to increase production of ethylene and aromatics, as well as improve flexibility of gasoline production, at its 327,300-b/d integrated refining and petrochemical complex in Plock, Poland.
• As part of the project, which is currently in the basic engineering stage, Honeywell UOP will license its proprietary MaxEne process, which separates full-range naphtha into a stream of normal paraffins ideal for steam crackers because they produce high yields of light olefins, and a second stream of isoparaffins, naphthenes, and aromatics ideal for catalytic reforming units because they produce high yields of aromatics.

May 13, 2020 -- PKN Orlen lets contract for new petrochemical unit at Plock complex

• PKN Orlen has let a contract to Badger Licensing LLC to provide technology for a new unit to be included as part of a project to expand phenol production capacities at its 327,300-b/d integrated refining and petrochemical complex in Plock, Poland
• As part of the May 12 contract, Badger Licensing will deliver the basic engineering design package as well as licensing of its proprietary technology to make isopropanol from acetone for a grassroots isopropanol unit.

Jan 20, 2022 -- Scientific Design Company awarded EO/EG plant license by PKN Orlen

• Scientific Design Company announces that PKN Orlen has selected Scientific Design’s EO/EG technology for olefins expansion project in Plock, Poland. Scientific Design was awarded the project as part of the Hyundai Engineering and Tecnicas Reunidas EPC consortium.
• The award includes the license of process technology, the provision of a process design package, technical assistance and start up services and the initial charge of Scientific Design’s ethylene oxide catalyst.
• Completion of the project is scheduled for 2024, with production expected to begin early 2025.

Feb 25, 2020 -- PKN ORLEN Licenses Honeywell Technology For New Phenol Complex In Poland

• PKN ORLEN plans to use the UOP Q-Max™ and Phenol 3G technologies to produce 200,000 metric tons per annum of phenol at its facility in Płock, Poland. 
• As part of the project, UOP will provide a cumene unit and a phenol unit with alpha methyl styrene hydrogenation. 
• UOP’s Q-Max process converts benzene and propylene into high-quality cumene at low benzene-to-propylene ratios.
• The UOP 3G Phenol unit converts cumene into phenol.

Feb 27, 2020 -- PKN Orlen approves new unit for Plock refining complex

Hydrocracking, hydrotreating projects

• An upgrade of the refinery’s hydrocracking unit is under way that, once completed, will increase diesel oil production by 100,000 tpy, PKN Orlen said.
• The operator said it is also executing a separate project to modernize a diesel hydrotreater at the refinery as part of a plan to boost diesel oil production by 150,000 tpy.

Aug 14, 2020 -- Plock Refinery Upgrade

Visbreaker

• A new visbreaking unit is being constructed at the Plock facility to improve the operational efficiency of the refinery. With a design capacity of 3,300t of feedstock a day, the unit will increase the overall petrol and diesel yields of the refinery.
• The visbreaking technology for the unit is licensed from Shell and CB&I Nederland B.V.
• The construction of the visbreaking unit was started in July 2020 with its commissioning expected in December 2022. The total investment for the visbreaking unit is approximately £202m ($252m).
• The visbreaking unit is expected to increase the fuel yields from crude processing by 2% while increasing the annual EBITDA of the PKN Orlen’s refinery by £84m ($105m).
• The new unit will process the vacuum residue to produce petrol and diesel. The vacuum residue was earlier processed to produce heavy fuel oils and asphalt.

Power Facility

Power facility upgrade

• The turbine generator set No. 1 (TG1) at PKN ORLEN’s combined heat and power (CHP) plant at Płock will also be replaced as part of the refinery upgrade and modernisation programme. The new turbine generator set, scheduled to come online in September 2021, will have a capacity of 65MW.
• The Plock CHP plant comprises seven turbine generator sets. The existing 55MW-capacity TG1 set, which started operation in 1968, has completed maximum service life of approximately 300,000 hours. The TG2, TG3, TG4, and TG5 sets that are approaching maximum service life are also expected to undergo upgrades and modernisation after the TG1. The TG6 and the TG7 sets were built in 2001 and 2017 respectively.
• The Płock CHP plant is claimed to be the largest industrial unit of its kind in Poland. The plant’s electrical capacity is 413.6MW and thermal capacity is 2,149MWt. The plant supplies electricity and heat to the refinery as well as outside customers. The new TG1 will increase the CHP plant’s heat and power cogeneration efficiency by 10%.
• GE Steam Power, a unit of General Electric (GE), was contracted to supply a new steam turbine generator set for the Plock CHP plant in August 2019. The contract also includes providing Predix Asset Performance Management (APM) cloud-based software, as well as a 10-year service agreement. The steam turbine and the generator will be manufactured at the GE plants in Elbląg and Wrocław respectively.

Vacuum-Resid Hydrodesulfurization

• Axens entered into an agreement with PKN Orlen to provide a license and the basic engineering design for the vacuum residue hydro desulphurisation (HOG) unit upgrade at Plock refinery in May 2020.

Jul 27, 2021 -- KBR Awarded Multiple Technology Contracts by PKN ORLEN

• KBR, Inc. announced that it has been awarded technology licensing contracts by PKN ORLEN (PKN) for KBR’s leading Solvent Deasphalting (SDA) and Residue Fluid Catalytic Cracking (RFCC) technologies as part of PKN’s Bottom-of-the-Barrel project for its Plock Refinery in Poland.
• Tthe SDA unit will be based on KBR’s market-leading supercritical solvent recovery ROSE® technology and will help PKN ORLEN achieve its operating objectives, producing cleaner upgraded feedstock for the new RFCC unit. 
• For the RFCC unit, KBR will provide its innovative, dual-riser MAXOFIN℠ technology, which uses conventional FCC operating conditions, KBR’s proprietary catalyst additives and state-of-the-art equipment to help PKN ORLEN maximize propylene production from traditional FCC feedstocks and naphtha streams.

Aug 9, 2021 -- KBR Awarded Ethylene Technology Contract by Hyundai Engineering and Técnicas Reunidas for PKN ORLEN Olefins Complex

• Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide technology license, basic engineering design, and proprietary equipment for its leading ethylene technology, Selective Cracking Optimum Recovery (SCORE™), for PKN ORLEN’s Olefins Complex III Project.