New projects summary

31 May 2004 00:01 [Source: ACN]

Reported in ACN 17-30 May 2004

Company	Product	Capacity	Process	Contractor	Cost	Startup	Status
Dushanzi Petrochemical
Dushanzi, Xinjiang, China	ethylene	1m	-	-	-	2007-08	P
	refinery	(x) 4m 10mT	-	-	-	2007-08	P
Jubail Chevron Phillips Chemical
Al-Jubail, Saudi Arabia	styrene	700 000	ABB Lummus	-	-	Q2 2007	P
PetroChina Garson / Shanghai Petrochemical
Jinshan, Shanghai, China	styrene	200 000	-	-	-	end-2005	approved by Chinese govt
PetroChina Garson
Jiangyin, Jiangsu, China	expandable polystyrene	(x) 85 000 145 000T	-	-	-	end-June ?2004	U, startup delayed from end-2003
	expandable polystyrene	(x) 145 000 290 000T	-	-	-	end-2004 or early 2005	P, startup delayed from end-2004
Qilu Petrochemical
Zibo, Shandong, China	paraxylene	400 000 or 800 000	-	-	-	2005	S
Sabic
Tianjin, China	ethylene	900 000	-	-	-	-	expressed interest in jv with Sinopec
Saudi Aramco / Sumitomo Chemical
Rabigh, Saudi Arabia	ethylene	1.3m	-	-	US$4.3bn*	-	S
	propylene	900 000	-	-	US$4.3bn*	-	S
	refinery	80 000 bbl/day	-	-	US$4.3bn*	-	S
Saudi Industrial Investment Group
Al-Jubail, Saudi Arabia	ethylene	-	-	-	-	2009-10	S, revived plans for cracker
Shell Chemicals
Singapore	ethylene	1m	-	-	-	2008 at the earliest	delayed, originally 2007
	monoethylene glycol	worldscale	-	-	-	2008 at the earliest	delayed, originally 2007
	phenol	worldscale	-	-	-	2008 at the earliest	delayed, originally 2007

Capacity is given in tonne/year; multiply tonne/day by 330 to get tonne/year. T=total; (x)=expansion; S=study; P=planned; A=approved; E=engineering; U=under way; C=completed; *=combined project cost.

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