European chemical projects listings

09 January 1994 00:00  [Source: ICB]

The following pages provide details of chemical projects in Europe, including eastern Europe and the republics of the former Soviet Union. A separate listing for olefins and aromatics has been retained for consistency with previous years' listings. This is followed by a listing of projects for selected chemicals and polymers. Other regional listings have appeared in ECN's North America and Asia-Pacific Chemscopes (March and May, respectively) and are scheduled for November (South America) and February 1995 (Middle East/Africa/India). The full listings, plus many other projects not published in Chemscope, are available on computer disc. For details contact Peter Carter, database manager. Tel: +44 (0)816528125; Fax: +44 (0)81 652 3375.

Key - Capacity: figures given in tonne/year; tonne/day are converted by multiplying by 330.

(x) = expansion; T = total capacity including expansion.

Cost: quoted in US dollars unless otherwise stated.

Startup: dates given are for planned startup. H1 = 1st half year; H2 = 2nd half year.

Status. S = study; P = planned; A = approved; E = engineering; U = under construction; C = completed.

Company/location	Product	Capacity tonne/year	Process	Engineers/contractors	Cost/status/ startup
Olefins
Agip Raffinazione     Sannazzaro, Italy	Propylene	67 000 C3 splitter	IFP	Techint	1994 U
Arpechim     Pitesti, Romania	Ethylene	(x) revamp	KTI		P
BASF Antwerpen     Antwerp, Belgium	C4s/raffinate-1 Isobutene	80 000 60 000	BASF		Q1 1995 U Q1 1995 U
Blachownia Chemical Works     Kedzierzyn, Poland	Butadiene   Ethylene   Propylene	45 000   250 000   150 000			part of ca $600m, 1994 S part of ca $600m S part of ca $600m S
CIS Angarsk, Siberia, Russia Atyrau, Kazakhstan   Kazan, Tarstan, Russia     Nizhny Novgorod, Russia Novopolotsk, Belarus   Novyi Urengoi, Siberia, Russia   Sakhalin Island, Russia Sumgait, Azerbaijan Surgut, Siberia, Russia   Tobolsk, Siberia, Russia	Ethylene Propylene   Ethylene Ethylene Ethylene Ethylene Ethylene   Ethylene   Ethylene Petrochemicals Ethylene   Isobutylene Propylene	300 000 141 000 polymer grade   300 000 200 000 200 000 150 000 new furnaces 300 000   300 000   330 000   phase 1: 300 000 phase 2: 100 000   457 000 via propane dehydrogenation	Lummus Crest       Soviet Lummus Crest KTI             Lummus Crest     Lummus Crest	Lummus Crest Hydrocarbon Engineering       Lummus Crest KTI     John Brown (managing)/Linde	$150m, 1996 E part of $1.2bn, 1997 P P   1996 E end 1994 U part of $ 400m, 2003 S part of $400- 500m P S S part of $2bn, 1997 P U part of $2bn, 1998 P
DSM     Beek, Netherlands	C4s/raffinate-1	60 000 butadiene equivalent hydrogenation			S

Company/location	Product	Capacity tonne/year	Process	Engineers/contractors	Cost/status/ startup
Elf Aquitaine     Donges, France	C4s	176 000	IFP		1995 E
Elf Aquitaine/Thyssen     Leuna Germany	C4s	224 000	IFP	Lurgi	1995 E
Elf Atochem     Carling, France	C4s/raffinate-1 Ethylene	60 000 butadiene equivalent hydrogenation (x)300 000T	Lummus Crest	Lummus Crest	shelved S
Exxon/Shell     Mossmorran, UK	Ethylene Propylene	(x)250 000 900 000T 200 000 polymer grade	Lummus Crest/Exxon Exxon	Kellogg Kellogg	part of $400m, 1995 delayed part of $400m, 1995 delayed
Kaucuk Kralupy     Kralupy, Czech Republic	C4 cut	90 000	IFP		$10m, 1995 P
Mazovian Refining     Plock, Poland	Butadiene Ethylene Ethylene Propylene	35 000 250 000 (x)60 000 360 000T 120 000	Costain	KTI/Costain Oil, Gas & Process	part of ca $500m, 1995 part of ca $500m, 1995 S end 1994 E part of ca $500m, 1995 S
Neftochim     Burgas, Bulgaria	Ethylene	300 000	Kellogg		1994 U
Norsk Hydro/OK Petroleum     Scanraff, Lysekil, Sweden	Propylene	75 000			$25.7m S
Petkim     Aliaga, Turkey     Yarimca, Turkey	Butadiene Butene-1 Ethylene Butadiene	125 000 extraction 29 000 500 000 extraction modernisation			P P P $1.5m U
Petrofina     Antwerp, Belgium	Butadiene	120 000			S
Polypropylene Guriev     Guriev, Kazakhstan	Propylene	100 000 propane dehydrogenation			S
Repsol Petroleo     Cartagena, Spain Puertollano, Spain	Ethylene C4s	(x)>400 000, 1mT 68 000	IFP		1994 postponed 1995 E
Shell Nederland     Moerdijk, Netherlands Pernis, Netherlands	C4 Propylene	250 000 (x)90 000 230 000T	IFP	John Brown	1995 P $52m, end 1995 E
Sachsische Olefinwerke     Bohlen, Germany	Ethylene	(x)400-450 000T modernisation			DM100m P
Tiszai Vegyi Kombinat     Tiszaujvaros, Hungary	Ethylene	(x)60 000 360 000 revamp			P
Total     Provence, France	Propylene	70 000 chemical grade	Heurtey	Heurtey	U
Higher olefins
Chevron Chemical     Europe	Alpha olefins				1998/99 S
Shell     Stanlow, UK	Alpha olefins	(x)320 000T			P

Company/location	Product	Capacity tonne/year	Process	Engineers/contractors	Cost/status/ startup
Aromatics
Blachownia Chemical Works     Kedzierzyn, Poland	Benzene	100 000			part of ca $600m, 1994
CIS     Novopolotsk, Belarus     Surgut, Siberia, Russia     Ufa, Bashkir, Russia	Paraxylene Benzene Benzene Orthoxylene Paraxylene	modernisation (x)10 000, 140 000T (x)35 000, 200 000T (x)75 000, 240 000T revamp	UOP UOP	Eurotecnica Eurotecnica Eurotecnica	P 1997 P Sep 1994 U Sep 1994 U Sep 1994 U
DKV     Szazhalombatta, Hungary	Benzene	(x)			P
Dow     Terneuzen, Netherlands	Benzene	(x)900 000T			1994
Enichem     Sarroch, Sardinia, Italy	Pseudocumene	12 500			$9.7m, Q2 1994 P
Mazovian Refining     Plock, Poland	Benzene	100 000			part of ca $500m, 1995
Neftochim     Burgas, Bulgaria	Paraxylene		Mobil		Q1 1994
Petkim     Aliaga, Turkey	BTX	39 000			1995 S
Reichhold Chemie     Algeciras, Spain	Aromatics	aromatic and olefin derivatives			$175m P
Slovnaft     Slovakia	Paraxylene	(x)60 000 revamp	UOP		on indefinite hold

Company/location	Capacity tonne/year	Process	Engineers/contractors	Cost/status/startup
ABS polymers
Buna Werke     Schkopau, Germany	ABS			S
Penta Dis Ticaret     Aliaga, Turkey	24 000 ABS			S
Acetic acid/anhydride
BP Chemicals/Leuna Werke     Leuna, Germany	200 000 acetic acid	BP Chemicals		S
CIS     Nevinnomyssk, Russia	150 000 acetic acid	Monsanto	Mitsui E&SB/Marubeni	U
Hoechst     Oberhausen, Germany	400 000	Hoechst		1996, S
Acids (miscellaneous)
DuPont/Rhône-Poulenc     Chalampé, France	(x) adipic acid			$113.2m, 1997, P
Eka Nobel     Bohus, Sweden	peracetic acid			mid 1994
Radici Chimica     Novara, Italy	100 000 adipic acid	Radici		2000
Union Camp     Chester-le-Street, UK	(x) Unidyme dimer acid			P
Acrylic acid, esters and resins
BASF     Ludwigshafen, Germany	(x) butanediol monoacrylate			$14.7m, end 1994
BASF Antwerpen     Antwerp, Belgium	160 000 acrylic acid			$223m, Q2 1996, U
Buna Werke     Schkopau, Germany	acrylates/ polyacrylates			S
Chem Zavody Sokolov     Sokolov, Czech Republic	(x)100% 25 000 acrylic acid, 24 000 ester	Mitsubishi Petrochemical/JGC	Mitsubishi Petrochemical/JGC	1995, U
Cray Valley     Machen, nr Newport, UK	(x) upgrade acrylic resins		AMEC Design & Management	£1.5m, mid 1994
Cray Valley Coating Resin     Zwickau, Germany	acrylic resins			1995, P
DKV     Szazhalombatta, Hungary	50 000 acrylic acid/esters			P
Dow     Rheinmunster, Germany	phase 2: (x) 45 000T			P
Enichem     Brindisi, Italy	50 000 acrylic acid and ester	Mitsubishi Petrochemical/JGC	Mitsubishi Petrochemical/JGC	post 1994, postponed
Rohm & Haas France     Lauterborg, France	acrylic emulsion		Technip	FF100m, end 1994
Röhm     Worms, Germany	(x)60 000 MMA			$58m, 1994, U

Company/location	Capacity tonne/year	Process	Engineers/contractors	Cost/status/startup
Acrylic fibres
CIS     Navoi, Uzbekistan     Novopolotsk, Belarus	revamp revamp		Courtaulds Engineering Courtaulds Engineering	part of $264m, P part of $264m, P
Acrylonitrile
Saratov, Russia	(x) 225 000T revamp		Tecnimont	1995, U
Repsol Quimica     Tarragona, Spain	(x)20 000 115 000T			$2.5m, 1994, U
Adiponitrile
ICI Materials     UK		ICI		$188m, S
Alcohols (miscellaneous)
Azotowe Kedzierzyn     Kedzierzyn, Poland	50 000 revamp oxo-alcohols			1994, U
Buna Werke     Schkopau, Germany	oxo-alcohols			S
CIS     Surgut, Siberia, Russia	170 000 2-ethylhexanol			part of $2bn, 1997, P
DKV     Szazhalombatta, Hungary	60 000 oxo-alcohols			P
Oltchim     Rimnicu Vilcea, Romania	52 000 LP oxo unit	Davy Process Technology	Davy McKee	1996, A
Shell Nederland     Pernis, Netherlands	(x) isopropanol		John Brown	end 1995, E
Amines
BASF     Schwarzheide, Germany     Seal Sands, UK	(x) 13 300 26 000T toluene diamine 10 000 isophorone diamine	BASF		U $31.6m, Q3 1994, P
BASF Antwerpen     Antwerp, Belgium	tertiary butylamine			1994, U
Berol Nobel     Stenungsund, sweden	amines (x) 30 000 amine derivatives 5000	Berol Nobel Berol Nobel	Berol Nobel Flygfaltsbyran/Berol Nobel	1994, U SKr46m, Oct 1994, U
Degusa     Antwerp, Belgium	10 000 isophorone diamine	Degussa		mid 1995, U
MCHZ     Ostrava, Czech Republic	speciality amines			1994, P
Ammonia
Azotas     Jonava, Lithuania	448 800 modernisation	Ammonia Casale	Casale	1994, U

Company/location	Capacity tonne/year	Process	Engineers/contractors	Cost/status/startup
CIS     Dorogobuzh, Russia     Gorlovka, Ukraine     Perm, Russia     Togliatti, Russia	(x)550 000T (x)20% revamp 2 units 448 800 revamp 448 800 modernisation	GIAP Ammonia Casale Ammonia Casale	Haldor Topsoe Casale Casale	$20m, 1994, postponed 1994, P 1995, U 1994, U
DSM     Ijmuiden, Netherlands	345 000 revamp	Ammonia Casale	Casale	P
Fertilchim     Romania	300 000	Kellogg	Iprochim	$99.4m, U
Grodno Azot     Belarus	revamp	Uhde		P
IGSAS     Adana Ceyhan, Turkey	363 000			part of $400m, 1995/96, S
Ina Kutina     Kutina, Croatia	198 000 revamp	Ammonia Casale	Casale	1994, U
Nitramonia     Fagaras, Romania	297 000 revamp	Ammonia Casale	Casale	1994, U
SC Turnu     Turnu Magurele, Romania	152 000 (2 units) revamp 297 000 revamp	Ammonia Casale Ammonia Casale	Casale Casale	1994, U 1994, U
Sofert     Bacau, Romania	297 000	Ammonia Casale	Casale	1994, U
Bisphenol A
General Electric Plastics     Cartagena, Spain	85 000		Fluor Daniel	part of $2.5bn, postponed
Butyl glycols
Arco Chemical Europe     Fos-sur-Mer, France	butanediol			S
BP/Cepsa     San Roque, Spain	butanediol			P
Pantochim     Feluy, Belgium	50 000 1,4 butanediol			S
Caprolactam
AlliedSignal     Europe	S
Domo Group     Leuna, Germany	(x)100 000	Leuna Werke	John Brown/Ingenieurbetrieb Anlangenbau Leipzig	part of $354m, Q2 1996
Carbon black
Blachownia Chemical Works     Kedzieryn, Poland	40 000			$45m
CS Cabot     Valasske Mezirici, Czech Republic	80 000	Cabot	Costain Oil, Gas & Process/ Jacobs Engineering/Chepos	$50m, Q2 1994, U
Capuava Carbonos Indust     Capuava, SP, Brazil	(x)9000, 66 800T debottlenecking 2 units			$4m, 1994, P
Carbochem     Gliwice, Poland	40 000			P
Petkim     Yarimca, Turkey	57 000			$86m, 1997, P
VIBA-TVK     Tiszaujvaros, Hungary	6000-7000 masterbatches	VIBA	VIBA-TVK	DM5m, Q3 1995

Company/location	Capacity tonne/year	Process	Engineers/contractors	Cost/status/startup
Chlorine and caustic soda
Akzo Nobel     Botlek, Netherlands	(x)100 000 chlorine			$77m, 1996, A
CIS     St Petersburg, Russia Volgograd, Russia	(x)200 000 caustic soda	Asahi Glass Asahi Glass	Asahi Glass/Mitsubishi Corp Chiyoda/Mitsubishi Corp	part of $90m+, U part of $90m+, U
Chimocomplex Borzesti     Borzesti, Romania	100 000 chlor-alkali conversion	Hoechst/Uhde/Bayer	Intecsa Uhde/Rauma Eco Planning	$48m, Nov 1995, E
Dow     Stade, Germany	chlor-alkali revamp
Duslo Sala     Sala, Slovakia	45 000 chlor-alkali			$53.15m, P
Erkimia     Flix, Spain	chlorine revamp			S
ICI C&P     Hillhouse/Teesside, UK	190 000 chlor-alkali conversion	ICI		part of $175m, P
Lostock, UK	60 000 chlor-alkali conversion	ICI		part of $175m, P
Runcorn, UK	500 000 chlor-alkali conversion	ICI		part of $175m. P
Wilhelmshaven, Germany	130 000 chlor-alkali conversion	ICI		P
Koruma Tarim Ilaclari     Turkey	(x)12 000 caustic soda/(x)11 000 chlorine phase 1: 25 000 chlorine phase 2: (x) 25 000, 50 000T			S P P
Norsk Hydro     Rafnes, Norway	(x) chlorine			S
Novàcke Chemicke Závody     Nováky, Slovakia	80 000 caustic soda			1997, S
Oltchim     Rimnicu Vilcea, Romania	120 000 chlor-alkali		Uhde or De Nora	1996, S
Petkim     Aliaga, Turkey	95 000 chlorine			P
TKI     Hrastinik, Slovenia	3850 chlor-alkali	De Nora Permelec	Lurgi	$3.9m, 1995, U
Cyclohexanol/cyclohexanone
Domo Group     Leuna, Germany	(x)	Leuna Werke	John Brown/Ingenieurbetrieb Anlangenbau Leipzig	part of $354m, Q2 1996, P
Engineering fibres, resins and plastics
Azdel     Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands	>10 000 thermoplastic composites			1995, E

Company/location	Capacity tonne/year	Process	Engineers/contractors	Cost/status/startup
BASF     Ludwigshafen, Germany	(x)3000T polyether sulphone			P
Rhône-Poulenc Aramid     Colmar, France	(x)500, 900T Kermel aramid fibre			P
Shell Nederland     Netherlands	CarilPPO- modified EPS	Shell		P
Spolchemie     Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic	20 000 epoxy resins			Dec 1996, P
Tarnow Chemical Works     Tarnow, Poland	10 000 polyoxymethylene			1994, U
Ethylene dichloride
Buna Werke     Schkopau, Germany	125 000	Mitsui Toatsu/Lurgi/ Hüls	Lurgi	part of DM120m, 1996, E
Ethylene oxide and glycol
BASF Antwerpen     Antwerp, Belgium	EO/EG			1994, U
CIS     Surgut, Siberia, Russia	150 000 EG			part of $2bn, 1997, P
Ethylene vinyl alcohol
Elf Atochem/Nippon Gosei     Europe	10 000 EVOH resins	Nippon Gosei		S
Kuraray     Antwerp, Belgium	6000 EVOH			1996, P
Fluorocarbons
Ausimont     Porto Marghera, Italy	20 000 HFC-125/ HFC-134a/ HCFC 123/HCFC 124	Ausimont	Tecnimont	L70bn, 1994, U
DuPont Nederland     Dordrecht, Netherlands	HFC 134a commercial scale			1994, P
ICI C&P     Runcorn,UK	HFC 134a	ICI	Badger	P
Solvay     Tavaux, France	1000 HFC-152A			end 1994, U
Formaldehyde
Bayer     Tarragona, Spain	18 000			postponed
Ticona Polymer Werke     Kelsterbach, Germany	(x)16 000 60 000T	Perstorp	Uhde	1995, U
Formic acid
BASF     Ludwigshafen, Germany	(x)80 000 180 000T			end 1995
Kemira     Oulu, Finland	(x) modernisation			1995, U

Company/location	Capacity tonne/year	Process	Engineers/contractors	Cost/status/startup
Gasoline additives
CIS     Atyrau, Kazakhstan     Mozyr, Belarus     Sakhalin Island, Russia     Surgut, Siberia, Russia     Tenghiz, Guryev, Kazakhstan     Tobolsk, Siberia, Russia	145 500 MTBE/TAME 30 000 MTBE MTBE 700 000 MTBE 400 000 MTBE MTBE		Hydrocarbon Engineering	part of $1.2bn, 1997, P S S part of $2bn, 1997, P S U
Enichem     Ravenna, Italy	(x)80 000T ETBE			1994, U
Light Hydrocarbons     Astakos, Greece	500 000 MTBE	UOP		1994
MOL     Százhalombatta, Hungary	50 000 MTBE	Snamprogetti	Snamprogetti/Olajterv	1994, U
Norsk Hydro/OK Petroleum     Scanraff, Lysekil, Sweden	40-50 000 MTBE			1998, S
Petkim     Aliaga, Turkey	95 000 MTBE 54 000 MTBE			P 1995, S
Repsol Petróleo     Tarragona, Spain	MTBE			P
Statoil     Kårstø, Norway	500 000 MTBE	UOP	Fluor Daniel	NKr3bn, shelved
Sunthetic Energy     Europe	237 000 MTBE 252 000 ETBE	Sunthetic Energy	John Brown/Kilborn Engineering	$300m, P
Total Raffinage     Dunkirk, France	50 000 ETBE	IFP		$27.3m, H1 1995, P
Gonfreville, France	59 000 ETBE	IFP		1995, E
Glycol ether
BP Chimie     Lavéra, France	conversion to butyl glycol ethers			$10.5m, P
Hydrochloric acid and hydrogen chloride
Rhône-Poulenc     Roussillon, France	recycled hydrochloric acid			$47m, end 1995
Zaklady Azotowe Wloclawek     Wloclawek, Poland	HCl (30%)	Le Carbone	Naftobudowa	$3m, 1994, U
Hydrogen peroxide
Air Liquide/Elf Atochem     Leuna, Germany	30 000			$71m, 1995, P
Ausimont     Bitterfeld, Germany	50 000	Ausimont	Tecnimont	$98.7m, 1994, U
Etibank     Bandirma, Turkey	15 000	Atilla Dogan	Neftichimpromexport	P
FMC     Delfzijl, Netherlands	35 000		John Brown	$53m, 1995, E
Hidrojen Perooksit Sanayi Ve Ticaret     Luleburgaz, Turkey	20 000	Uhde	Uhde	June 1996
Kemira     Oulu, Finland	45 000	Kemira Kemi	Kemira Engineering	$50m, 1994, U
Solvay Interox     Bernburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany	50 000	Interox	John Brown	$136m, Oct 1994, U
Zaklady Azotowe Pulawy     Pulawy, Poland	10 000	Chematur	Chematur/Zaklady Azotowe Pulawy	$20m, H1 1995, U

Company/location	Capacity tonne/year	Process	Engineers/contractors	Cost/status/startup
Isocyanates
BASF     Schwarzheide, Germany	(x)18 000 35 000T TDI 10 000 hexamethylene diisocyanate	BASF		Q4 1994, U end 1994, P
Mitsui Toatsu/Shell     Berre, France	55 000 MDI	Mitsui Toatsu		S
Montedipe     Brindisi, Italy	(x)40 000 80 000T MDI			1994, U
Maleic anhydride
BP/Cepsa     San Roque, Spain	30 000	BP Chemicals		$50m, 1994, P
CIS     Rubezhnoye, Ukraine	(x)1500, 4500T			P
DKV     Szazhalombatta, Hungary	20 000			S
Melamine
Melamine/Norsk Hydro     Sluiskil, Netherlands	25-45 000	Melamine Chemicals		$450 000, S
Methanol
CIS     Russia     Arkhangelsk, Russia     Gubakha, Siberia, Russia     Sakhalin Island, Russia     Surgut, Siberia, Russia     Tenghiz, Guryev, Kazakhstan     Tobolsk, Siberia, Russia     Tomsk, Siberia, Russia	700 000 700 000 (x)240 000 840 000T revamp 660 000 400 000 400-600 000 750 000 (x)	ICI Katalco	Davy Process Technology	1998, S $350m, 1996/97, S 1997, U S part of $2bn, 1997, P S S S
Conoco/Statoil     Tjeldbergodden, Norway	830 000	Haldor Topsøe/Lurgi	Lurgi (basic)/Fluor Daniel/ Reinertsen Engineering	$400m, Dec 1996, E/U
Elf Aquitaine/Thyssen     Leuna, Germany	650 000			P
Viromet     Victoria (Brasov), Romania	264 000 revamp		Uhde	U
Phenol and derivatives
CIS     Ufa, Bashkir, Russia	phenol/acetone			S
Deza     Valasske Mezirici, Czech Republic	8000 phenol, cresols and xylenols	Deza	Lummus Brno Chemoprojekt	$9m, Q2 1994, A
Ertisa     Huelva, Spain	12 000	Ertisa	John Brown Sener	$6m, P
Phenolchemie/Ufa     Ufa, Baskir, Russia	200 000 phenol/ 125-300 000 acetone			$50m, S
Phosgene
Framochem     Hungary	5000 derivatives			mid 1994, U

Company/location	Capacity tonne/year	Process	Engineers/contractors	Cost/status/startup
Phosphoric acid
Hellenic Chemical     Drapetsona/Piraeus, Greece	60 000 P2O5 (from 28% to 44-54%)			postponed
Phthalic anhydride
Azotowe Kedzierzyn     Kedzierzyn, Poland	(x) revamp	ZA Kedzierzyn	ZA Kedzierzyn	ZI 30bn, 1994/5, A
CIS     Rubezhnoye, Ukraine	(x)30 000 90 000T	Wacker		postponed
Plasticisers and plastics additives
Ciba-Geigy     Lampertheim, Germany	polymer additives			DM40m, 1995, P
Duslo Sala     Sala, Slovakia	plastics additives	Duslo Sala		P
Enichem     Italy	antioxidant Silanox			1995, P
Trissino, Italy	(x)1200, 1500T Uvasil 299 Hals			1994, P
Rhône-Poulenc     Melle, France	(x)40% Rhodiastab PVC co-stabilisers			$2.5m, P
Polyalphaolefins
CIS	180 000	Ethyl		U
Polyamide
Beaulieu Nylon     Kruishoutem, Belgium	17 500 polyamide 6 polymerisation	Zimmer	Zimmer	1994
CIS     Kiev, Ukraine     Volshskiy, Volgograd, CIS	8000 polyamide 6 2000 polyamide 6	Radici Chemnitz	Snia Engineering Chemnitz	1995/6 $15.4m, end 1995, P
DuPont Deutschland     Uentrop, Germany	(x)			end 1994, U
Ube Industries     Spain	fibre			$10-25m, S
Polycarbonates
Bayer     Antwerp, Belgium	phase 3: (x) 25 000 70 000T			P
CIS     Cheboksary, Russia	10 000			U
General Electric Plastics     Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands	(x) 68 000 Lexan			P
Cartagena, Spain	phase 2: 100 000 PC resins phase 3: 2 units			Q4 1994, U S

Company/location	Capacity tonne/year	Process	Engineers/contractors	Cost/status/startup
Polyester
BASF     Germany	Pelprene elastomer	Toyobo	Toyobo	1995, P
CIS     Blagoveshchensk, Bashkir, Russia	50 000 Dacron staple fibre	Du Pont	Kobe Steel	part of $600m, U
	20 000 spun- bonded	Du Pont	Kobe Steel	part of $600m
Kursk, Russia	50 000 staple fibre	Du Pont	Kobe Steel/Chemtex/Nissho Iwai	$140m, U
Tver, Russia	(x)6000			P
Eastman Chemical/Texmaco     County Antrim, N Ireland, UK	100 000 staple	Eastman Chemical		£44m, Q1 1994, P
Elana     Torun, Poland	(x)20 000 60 000T fibres			P
ICI Films     Europe	Melinex film			P
Nan Ya Plastics	fibre			$1bn, S
Norfil     County Antrim, N Ireland, UK	20 000 filament			Q1 1994, P
Spolchemie     Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic	modified unsatur- ated polyester gelcoats	Jotun Polymer	Cheming	Apr 1994, U
Toray Textiles Europe     UK	2 plants revamp filament yarn woven fabrics			$19m
Polyethylene
Blachownia Chemical Works     Kedzierzyn, Poland	150 000			part of ca $600m, 1994
CIS     Kalush, Ukraine     Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia 100 000 hdPE/lldPE (x)70 000 200 000T special polymer grades (x)200 000 400 000T hdPE/lldPE	Union Carbide Union Carbide Union Carbide	Linde John Brown	$156m, end 1995, U S P
Novopolotsk, Belarus     Novyi Urengoi, Siberia, Russia     Sakhalin Island, Russia     Severodonetsk, Ukraine     Tenghiz, Guryev, Kazakhstan     Ukhta, Komi, Russia	300 000 75 000 (x)30 000 revamp 600 000 200 000	BASF Salzgitter	John Brown (managing) Salzgitter	part of $400m, 2003, S part of $4-500m, A S 1995, E P S
Elf Atochem     Gonfreville, France	retrofit speciality PE	Union Carbide		P
Enichem     Brindisi, Italy	200 000 lldPE/hdPE	BP Chemicals	TPL	E
Mazovian Refining     Plock, Poland	100 000			part of ca $500m, 1995
Petkim     Aliaga, Turkey	120 000/70 000 swing hdPE/lldPE			P
Sächsische Olefinwerke     Böhlen, Germany				A
Union Carbide/Enichem     Brindisi, Italy	400 000	Union Carbide		$400m, Q4 1996

Company/location	Capacity tonne/year	Process	Engineers/contractors	Cost/status/startup
Polyethylene-high density
Borealis     Antwerp, Belgium	2 x 150 000			S
Borealis     Porvoo, Finland	120 000	Borealis		$110m, Q4 1995, U
Buna Werke     Schkopau, Germany	(x)80 000 120 000T			DM160m, end 1994, P
CIS     Novokuibyshevsk, Russia	80 000	Union Carbide		$100m, P
Dow     Tessenderlo, Belgium	135 000 slurry			1998, P
Hoechst     Frankfurt, Germany	(x)40 000 194 000T Hostalen 120 000 Hostalen	Hoechst Hoechst	Staff Uhde	1995, U S
Hüls     Gelsenkirchen, Germany	120-160 000	Union Carbide	Union Carbide	1995, delayed
Statoil     Antwerp, Belgium	2 x 150 000			S
Polyethylene-low density
Borealis     Bamble, Norway     Sines, Portugal	(x)50 000 190 000T (x)	National Distillers		P S
Elf Atochem     Carling, France	upgrade			end 1995
Enichem     Oberhausen, Germany	(x)40 000 160 000T	Imhausen		1995, P
Petkim     Aliaga, Turkey     Yarimca, Turkey	200 000 modernisation			P $1m, U
Repsol Quimica     Tarragona, Spain	(x)30 000			$18.2m, 1996, S
Transformadora de Etileno     Tarragona, Spain	(x)12 000			$7m, 1997, S
Polyethylene terephthalate
BELPAK     Mogilev, Belarus	25 000 PET resin	Eastman Chemical		P
CIS     Blagoveshchensk, Bashkir, Russia     Mogilev, Belarus	60 000 PET chip (x)30 000 100 000T polymer/ (x) fibre	Du Pont Hoechst	Kobe Steel Uhde	part of $600m, U $202m, 1995, E
Crystal Polymers     Glandford, Humberside, UK	(x)30 000, 60 000T			S
Eastman Chemical     San Roque, Cadiz, Spain	60 000	Eastman Chemical		end 1996, P
Eastman Chemical Co     Hartlepool, Cleveland, UK	(x)60 000 resin	Karl Fischer	Karl Fischer/Fluor Daniel	Q3 1994, U
Hoechst     Portugal     Frankfurt, Germany     Guben, Germany	(x)8000, 22 000T Polyclear (x)15 000 solid stating 35 000			end 1995, P Mar 1994, U Sep 1994, U
ICI Polyester     Europe				S

Company/location	Capacity tonne/year	Process	Engineers/contractors	Cost/status/startup
La Seda de Barcelona     El Prat de Llobregat, Spain	(x)55 000T			P
Sapo     Antwerp, Belgium	50 000			S
Sipet     Frosinone, Italy	(x)150 000T			S
Polymers (miscellaneous)
Allied Colloids     Grimsby, UK	30 000 superabsorbent polymers			$28m, P
Allied Colloids/Courtauld	800-1000 Oasis superabsorbent fibres	Allied Colloids/ Courtaulds		$15.2m, end 1994, P
BASF     Friesenheim Island, Germany     Ludwigshafen, Germany     Schwarzheide, Germany	(x)5000, 20 000T super absorbent polymers (x)9500, 16 000T polytetrahydro- furan 10 000 polymer dispersions	Nippon Shokubai		P Q2 1995, U end 1994, P
CIS     Voronezh, Russia	30 000 thermoplastic elastomer	Fina Research/Fina Technology	Litwin	$50m, U
Chemdal     Birkenhead, UK	(x)30 000 40 000T super- absorbent polymer	American Colloids	John Brown	Jan 1995, E
Dow     Rheinmunster, Germany	(x) Drytech superabsorbent polymers			A
Elf Atochem     France	polyphosphazenes	Elf Atochem		P
Elf Atochem Sachsen     Eilenburg, Germany	25 000 vinyl compounds	Elf Atochem	Cellier	$18.8m, Q1 1994
Kaneka Corp     Westerlo-Oeval, Belgium	3000 silicon- modified polyether			$20m, S
Mitsubishi/Shell     France	polyolefinic compounds			postponed
SNF Floerger	4000 powder polyacrylamide 3000 emulsion polyacrylamide			Jun 1994 Jun 1994
Shell Chimie     Berre, France	>20 000 Kraton G thermoplastic elastomer	Shell	Foster Wheeler/Shell	FF640m, 1994, U
Polyols
DuPont Nederland     Dordrecht Netherlands	(x)5000 35 000T Terathane PTMEG			end 1995, P

Company/location	Capacity tonne/year	Process	Engineers/contractors	Cost/status/startup
Polypropylene
Akrilik Kimya Sanayii     Turkey	120 000			1996, P
Amoco Chemicals     Geel, Belgium	150 000	Amoco Chemical		end 1994, P
BASF     Rozenburg, Netherlands     Wilton, UK	(x) (x)			1995, P 1995, P
Borealis     Bamble, Norway	phase 2: (x)30 000 120 000T	Himont		postponed
CIS     Budyennovsk, Russia     Kalush, Ukraine     Lisichansk, Ukraine     Moscow, Russia     Nizhnekamsk, Russia     Novopolotsk, Belarus     Sakhalin Island, Russia     Siberia, Russia     Sumgait, Azerbaijan     Surgut, Siberia, Russia     Tenghiz, Guryev, Kazakhstan     Tobolsk, Siberia, Russia     Tomsk, Siberia, Russia     Ufa, Bashkir, Russia	80 000 80 000 100 000 100 000 80 000 100 000 100 000 120 000 500 000 120-150 000 (x)100 000 200 000T 100 000	Union Carbide Union Carbide Himont Himont Union Carbide Himont Himont Himont	Tekfen/John Brown Tecnimont Tecnimont John Brown Tecnimont Tecnimont Tecnimont	part of $300m, end 1995, U 1996, P 1995, P $200m, Mar 1995, E $100m, P part of $400m, 2003, S S S P P part of $5-6bn, S part of $2bn, 1996, P part of L1.3trn, S $140m, 1996, P
DSM     Geleen, Netherlands				1995/96, P
Hoechst France     France	(x)10 000 reinforced PP			1997, U
Mazovian Refining     Plock, Poland	80 000			part of ca $500m, 1995
Mobil Petrochemicals     Kerkrade, Netherlands	(x)			Q2 1994, P
North Sea Petrochemicals     Antwerp, Belgium	phase 2: (x)180 000 360 000T	Himont	Tecnimont	part of $400m, P
Petkim     Aliaga, Turkey	200 000			P
Polypropylene Guriev     Gunev, Kazakhstan	(x)100 000			S
Repsol Quimica     Tarragona, Spain	250 000			S
Slovnaft     Bratislava, Slovakia	(x)10 000 80 000T	Chisso	Itochu	$40-50m, S
Turkey     Turkey	120 000	BASF		P
Polypropylene fibres and films
CIS     Budyennovsk, Russia	20 000 capacitor grade	El Paso	Tekfen/John Brown/Ube Industries	part of $300m, end 1995, U
Chemitex-Wiskord     Szczecin, Poland	textured PP rayon			$7m

Company/location	Capacity tonne/year	Process	Engineers/contractors	Cost/status/startup
Polystyrene
Alpet     Yarimca, Turkey	60 000			S
Buna Werke Buna, Germany     Schkopau, Germany	40 000 EPS (x)30 000 60 000T EPS	Buna	Salzgitter	$44m, H1 1995, U DM80m, 1994, P
CIS     Salavat, Bashkortostan, Russia     Surgut, Siberia, Russia	phase 1: 300 000 phase 2: 300 000	Salavatnefteorgsyn- thes Huntsman Chemical	Lurgi Anlagenbau Chemnitz	part of $2bn, 1997, P
Dow Europe     Gebze, Turkey	Styrofoam extruded foam			$20m, end 1994, P
Elf Atochem     El Prat de Llobregat, Spain	(x)16 000 60 000T	Elf Atochem		S
Huntsman Chemical     Carrington, UK	(x)50 000 130 000T crystal		John Brown	Oct 1994, U
Oswiecim Chemical Works     Oswiecim, Poland	(x)30 000 EPS	ZChO	ZChO	1994, U
Penta Dis Ticaret     Aliaga, Turkey	60 000 HIPS/GPPS			part of $125m, S
Petkim     Yarimca, Turkey	60 000 modernisation			$73m, 1997, P $1m, U
Sächsische Olefinwerke     Bählen,Germany				A
Polyurethane products
BASF     Mitry-Mory, France     Schwarzbeide, Germany	revamp (x)155 000T 8500 polyurethane dispersions			P end 1994, P
Borsodi Vegyi Kombinat     Hungary	25 000 polyurethane	Mitsui & Co
Uniroyal Chemical     Latina, Italy	(x) liquid castable urethanes			P
Yambolen     Yambol, Bulgaria	rigid poyurethane foams			U
Polyvinyl chloride
Buna Werke     Schkopau, Germany	rationalisation			P
CIS     Kalush, Ukraine	phase 2: 50 000 PVC film phase 1: 40 000 PVC dispersion resins (x) emulsion	OxyChem OxyChem Hoechst	Uhde	part of $200m, on hold part of $200m, on hold E
EVC (UK) Ltd     Barry, Wales, UK     Runcom, UK	(x)25 000 150 000T (x)30 000 100 000T suspension			S $6m, 1994/95, A

Company/location	Capacity tonne/year	Process	Engineers/contractors	Cost/status/startup
Eko Chemicals     Thessaloniki, Greece	(x)95-100 000T			E
European Vinyls Corp     Ravenna, Italy     Wilhelmshaven, Germany	(x) (x)			1994/95 1994/95
Limburgse Vinylmaatschapp     Tessenderlo, Belgium	(x)120 000 suspension grade	BF Goodrich	Simon-Carves	$52.6m, 1995/96, P
Norsk Hydro     Newton Aycliffe, UK     Porsgrunn, Norway Stenungsund, Sweden	(x) (x) (x)20 000 (x)	Norsk Hydro		1996, P 1996, P S 1997/98, P
Oltchim     Rimnicu Vilcea, Romania	15 000 emulsion 6000 granular PVC		PVC Group	1995, S 1994, U
Petkim     Aliaga, Turkey     Yarimca, Turkey	(x)37 000 142 000T revamp 160 000 modernisation	ICI/Solvay	CTIP	1994, U P $6.5m, U
Polihim     Devnia, Bulgaria	120 000 suspension	BF Goodrich	Chisso Engineering/Mitsui	part of $150m, 1994
Rovin     Pernis. Netherlands	(x)90 000 390 000T			P
Propylene oxide and glycol
Arco Chemical Europe     Botlek, Netherlands	70 000 PG	Arco	John Brown	1995, E
Dow     Stade, Germany	(x)160 000 580 000T PO	Dow		Q4 1995, U
Montedipe     Priolo, Italy	(x)50 000 110 000T PO			$30m, 1995, P
Single-cell protein
Hafslund/Statoil/Norske     Odense, Denmark		Dansk Bioprotein		$7.83m, P
Soda ash
Brunner Mond & Co     Lostock, Northwich, UK	dense soda ash			1995, P
Etibank     Beypazan, Ankara, Turkey	1m soda ash/ caustic soda			$400m, 1995, P
Rhône-Poulenc     Nancy, France	conversion to dense soda ash			$7.1m, P
Styrene and ethylbenzene
Blachownia Chemical Works     Kedzierzyn, Poland	180 000 EB			part of ca $600m, 1994
CIS     Aktau, Kazakhstan     Angarsk. Russia     Salavat, Bashhortostan, Russia     Surgut, Siberia, Russia	(x)100 000 370 000T styrene (x) 350 000T EB (x) 120 000T EB 200 000 styrene phase 1: 300 000 phase 2: 380 000 styrene	Monsanto/Lummus Crest/UOP Lummus/Unical/ UOP/Monsanto Salavatnefteorgsyn- thes Monsanto/Lummus Crest	Litwin Lummus Crest Lurgi Anlagenbau Chemnitz Monsanto	1995, E/U $156m, 1997, E part of $2bn, 1997, S

Company/location	Capacity tonne/year	Process	Engineers/contractors	Cost/status/startup
DKV     Szazhalombatta, Hungary	70 000 styrene 75 000 EB			P
Elf Atochem     France	(x)50 000 300 000T			P
Penta Dis Ticaret     Aliaga, Turkey	100 000 styrene			part of $125m, S
Petkim	100 000 styrene			P
Repsol Quimica     Tarragona, Spain	200 000 styrene			S
Surfactants
Buna Werke     Schkopau, Germany	(x)25 000 43 000T		Fluor Daniel	DM40m, mid 1995, P
Henkel     Düsseldoff, Germany	alkyl polyglucosides			P
Sloveca     Novaky, Slovakia	30000 speciality surfactants	Buss	Buss	$8.9m, end 1994, U
Synthetic fibres and resins
AtoHaas     Rho, Italy	35 000 PMMA	Rohm & Haas		$51.3m, 1996
Bayer     Dormagen, Germany	(x)950, 4500T Dorlastan elastomer fibre			U
Courtaulds     Europe	25 000 Tencel cellulosic fibre			$119m, 1996, S
Hercules     Middlelburg, Netherlands	hydrocarbon resins			Q3 1995, P
Lenzing     Europe	lyocell fibre			S
Phillips Petroleum     Europe	SB copolymer resins			S
Terephthalic acid
Amoco/Monit     Yefremov, Russia	250 000 PTA	Amoco		P
CIS     Blagoveshchensk, Bashkir, Russia	230 000 PTA	Mitsui Petrochemical	Mitsui E&SB	1997, U
Interquisa     San Roque, Cadiz, Spain	150 000 PTA	Interquisa		$90m, Q1 1996, A
Titanium dioxide and inorganic pigments
Societé Chimique Prayon     Engis, Belgium	15 000 yellow iron oxide 5000 ultramarine blue	Prayon-Rupel		postponed 1995, S
Thann et Mulhouse     LeHavre, France	(x)40 000 135 000T TiO2	Rhône-Poulenc		$122m, 1994/95
Tioxide     Europe     Grimsby, UK	TiO2 TiO2	Tioxide		S S

Company/location	Capacity tonne/year	Process	Engineers/contractors	Cost/status/startup
Urea
CIS     Angarsk, Siberia, Russia     Cherkassy, Ukraine     Perm, Russia	(x)70 600 debottlenecking 495 000 modernisation 561 000 modernisation	Stamicarbon Urea Casale Urea Casale	Uhde Casale Casale	S 1995, U 1994, U
Fertilchim     Romania	420 000 stripping		Iprochim	$29.5m, U
Grodno Azot     Grodno, Belarus	(x)70 600 400 600T revamp	Stamicarbon	Uhde (basic)	1994, on hold
IGSAS     Adana Ceyhan, Turkey	577 500			part of $400m, 1995/96, S
Zaklady Azotowe Pulawy     Pulawy, Poland	560 000	Montedison	Tecnimont	$30m, 1994/5, U
Vinyl acetate
BP Chemicals     south Wales, UK	(x)		Amec Design & Management	$3.75m, Aug 1994, E
BP Chemicals/Leuna Werke     Leuna, Germany	150 000			S
Buna Werke     Schkopau, Germany				S
Vinyl chloride
Buna Werke     Schkopau, Germany	150 000 VCM	Mitsui Toatsu/Lurgi/ Hüls	Lurgi	part of DM120m, 1996, E
CIS     Kalush, Ukraine	(x)370 000T revamp	Hoechst	Uhde/Gipropolimer	1994, U
Hoechst     Knapsack, Germany	350 000 VCM	Hoechst		1994, postponed
Norsk Hydro     Rafnes, Norway	(x) VCM			S
Petkim     Aliaga, Turkey	(x)30 000 145 000T VCM 161 000 VCM	ICI/Solvay		1994, U P
Polihim     Devnia, Bulgaria	150 000 VCM		Mitsui Toatsu	1994

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