New Projects Summary

26 July 2004 00:01  [Source: ACN]

As reported in ACN 19-25 July 2004

Company	Product	Capacity	Process	Contractor	Cost	Startup	Status
Ibrahim Fibre
Pakistan	purified terephthalic acid	-	-	-	-	-	considering back-integration
Jiangyin Runhua Chemical Products Co / Wangjiang Chemical Co
Jiangyin, Jiangsu, China	vinyl chloride monomer	250 000 (x) 250 000 500 000T	-	-	-	-	S S
	polyvinyl chloride	200 000 (x) 200 000 400 000T	-	-	-	late 2005	A A
	expandable polystyrene	190 000	-	-	-	2005	U, startup delayed from June 2004
Kingboard Chemical Holdings
Changzhou, Jiangsu, China	phenol-acetone	200 000	-	-	-	2008	P, startup delayed from early 2006
National Petrochemical Co
Ilam, Iran	high-density polyethylene	300 000	Mitsui Chemicals	Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding and Energy Industries Engineering & Design Co	-	December 2007	P
PTT Pcl / National Petrochemical Co
Mab Ta Phut, Thailand	ethylene	400 000	-	-	-	-	considering
Sahara Petrochemical / Basell
Al-Jubail, Saudi Arabia	propane-dehydrogenation-polypropylene	450 000 (PP)	Basell	-	-	late 2007	P
Saudi International Petrochemical Co / National Petrochemical Industrialisation Co / Sahara Petrochemical / foreign partner
Al-Jubail, Saudi Arabia	ethylene	1m	-	-	-	end-2007 or early 2008	P
	polyethylene	800 000	-	-	-	end-2007 or early 2008	P
Yankuang Group / CVRD / Itochu
Yanzhou, Shandong, China	coke	2m	-	-	US$275m*	2006	P
	methanol	200 000	-	-	US$275m*	2006	P
Yankuang Liangongfa Co
Tengzhou, Shandong, China	methanol	200 000	-	-	-	2005	U
	acetic acid	200 000	-	-	-	2005	U
Yanzhou Coal Mining Co
Shaanxi, China	methanol	300 000	-	-	-	Q1 2007	Approved by Chinese govt

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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