New projects, September 19-25, 2007

New projects summary

01 October 2007 00:00  [Source: ICB]

 

Company	Product	Capacity	Process	Contractor	Cost	Start-up	Status
Arkema Daikin Fluorochemicals
Changshu, China	HFC-125	-	-	-	-	2010	P
BlueChemical/Jincheng City government
Jincheng City, China	urea	1m	-	-	part of $213m	-	S
Coromandel Fertilisers
Ennore, Tamil Nadu, India	ammonium phosphate sulfate	(x)160,000 330,000T	-	-	-	-	P
	phosphoric acid	(x)30,200 66,000T	-	-	-	-	P
	sulfuric acid	(x)99,450 280,450T	-	-	-	-	P
DCW
Tamil Nadu, India	caustic soda	(x)38,000 100,000T	conversion to ion-exchange membrane	-	-	end 2007	P
	polyvinyl chloride (PVC)	(x)30,000 90,000	-	-	-	end 2007	P
DSM
Waalwijk, the Netherlands	waterborne emulsions	-	-	-	€30m	2008	P
DuPont
Richmond, Virginia, US	Kevlar para-aramid fiber	(x)25%	-	-	$500m	2010	P
ExxonMobil
Rotterdam, the Netherlands	paraxylene (PX)	(x)25% 719,000T	-	-	-	-	P
	benzene	(x)20% 780,000T	-	-	-	-	P
IOL Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals
Barnala, Punjab, India	acetyl chloride	-	-	-	part of $2.8m	-	S
	monochloroacetic acid	-	-	-	part of $2.8m	-	S
Kumho
Yeosu, South Korea	p-phenylenediamine	(x)40,000 70,000T	-	-	part of $309m	2009	S
	butadiene rubber (BR)	(x)120,000 342,000T	-	-	part of $309m	October 2009	S
Ulsan, South Korea	styrene budatiene rubber (SBR)	(x)110,000 531,000T	-	-	part of $309m	2010	S
Lanxess
Thailand, Malaysia or Singapore	butyl rubber	100,000 minimum	-	-	€400m	2010	S
Petrochemical Industries Co. (PIC)
Shuaiba, Kuwait	polypropylene (PP)	(x)40,000 160,000	-	-	-	H2 2008	S
Sasol/Wilmar
Lianyungang, Jiangsu, China	fatty alcohol	60,000	-	-	-	end 2007	D
SolVin
Tavaux, France	polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC)	(x)10,000	-	-	-	mid-2009	P
Twin Rivers Technologies
Quincy, Massachusetts, US	glycerin	40,000	-	-	part of $13m	May 2008	P
	fatty acid	(x)80,000	-	-	part of $13m	May 2008	P

Notes: *Capacity: figures given in tonnes/year tonnes/day are converted by multiplying by 330. (x) = expansion T = total capacity including expansion.

Start-up: Dates given are for planned start-up. H1 = 1st half year H2 = 2nd half year Q1 = 1st quarter Q2 = 2nd quarter Q3 = 3rd quarter Q4 = 4th quarter.

Status: S = study P = planned A = approval E = engineering U = under construction C = completed D = delayed.

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