New projects summary

02 May 2005 00:01  [Source: ICB]

As reported in on ECN 21 and 28 March 2005

Company	Product	Capacity	Process	Contractor	Cost	Startup	Status
BASF
Pasadena, Texas, US	ester	125 000	-	-	part$60m	2006	P
	2-propyl heptanol	120 000	-	-	part$60m	2006	P
Freeport, Texas, US	2-ethyl hexanol	(x)120 000T	-	-	part$60m	2006	P
Dow Chemical
Stade, Germany	methylcellulose	(x)3000	-	-	-	2006	U
Midland, Michigan, US	methylcellulose	(x)17 000	-	-	-	2007	P
Plaquemine, Louisiana, US	methylcellulose	(x)17 000	-	-	-	2008	P
Fosfertil
Patrocínio, Brazil	phosphate		-	-	-	-	P
Uberaba, Brazil	phosphoric acid	200 000	-	-	-	2008	P
	phosphoric acid	(x)676 000T	-	-	-	2005	U
	urea	800 000	-	-	part$600m	2008	P
	ammonia	800 000	-	-	part$600m	2008	P
Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizer
Narmada Nagar, Gujarat	methanol	(x)260 000T	-	Uhde	-	2005	U
Huntsman
Geismar, Lousiama, US	methylene diphenyl diisocyanate	(x)450 000T	-	-	-	2006	P
Rozenburg, Netherlands	methylene diphenyl diisocyanate	(x)400 000T	-	-	-	2006	P
Shanghai, China	methylene diphenyl diisocyanate	120 000	-	-	-	2006	P
Ineos Phenol
Shanghai, China	phenol	400 000	-	-	-	2010	P
	acetone	250 000	-	-	-	2010	P
National Polypropylene
Jubail Industrial City, Saudi Arabia	propylene-based polymers	408 150	ABB/Novolen	-	-	2007	U
Performance Fibers
Kaiping, China	polyester fibre	(x)	-	-	-	2006	P
Pfizer
Puurs, Belgium	drugs	(x)	-	Jacobs	-	-	P
Reliance Industries
Oman	gas	18 000km2	-	-	-	-	P
Sasol
Herne, Germany	isopropanol	(x)75 000	-	-	-	-	P
Moers, Germany	isopronanol	(x)140 000	-	-	-	-	P
	methyl ethyl ketone	(x)65 000	-	-	-	-	P
Sociedade Nacional de Combustíveis de Angola
Angola, Africa	liquified natural gas	5m	ChevronTexaco	-	-	-	P
Tamil Nadu Industrial Development
Tamil Nadu, India	ethylene	500 000	-	-	-	-	P
	propylene	250 000	-	-	-	-	P
Tehnicki Gasovi Skopje
Kavadarci, Macedonia	oxygen	-	-	-	€9m	-	P
Titan Chemicals
Pasir Gudang, Malaysia	olefins	ABB	-	-	part$6.4m	2006	P
	butadiene	ABB	-	-	part$6.4m	2006	P

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