New projects, March 26-April 1, 2008

07 April 2008 00:00  [Source: ICB]

Company	Product	Capacity	Process	Contractor	Cost	Start-up	Status
Atyrau Refinery
Atyrau, Kazakhstan	paraxylene (PX)	500,000	-	-	part of $790m	2012	P
	benzene	130,000	-	-	part of $790m	2012	P
BASF
General Lagos, Santa Fe, Argentina	expandable polystyrene (EPS)	(x)44% 19,000T	-	-	-	2009	S
Evonik Industries/JSC Sibur Holding
	propylene oxide (PO)	-	Evonik, Uhde	-	-	-	S
	hydrogen peroxide	-	-	-	-	-	S
Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers Co.
Bharuch, Gujarat, India	ammonia	(x)144,000 630,000T	natural gas feedstock (replacing fuel oil)	-	part of $737m	-	P
	urea	(x)102,000 750,000T	-	-	part of $737m	-	P
	ammonium nitro phosphate	(x)117,000 288,000T	-	-	part of $737m	-	P
	nitrogen, phosphate and potash ­complex fertilizers	396,000	-	-	part of $737m	-	P
	calcium ammonium nitrate	(x)99,000 270,000T	-	-	part of $737m	-	P
	ammonium nitrate melt	(x)135,400 193,000T	-	-	part of $737m	-	P
	calcium carbonate	(x)89,300 161,300T	-	-	part of $737m	-	P
Idemitsu Kosan/Kuwait Petroleum International/Mitsui Chemicals
Nghi Son, Vietnam	refinery	200,000 bbl/day	-	-	part of $5.8bn	end 2013	S
	polypropylene (PP)	350,000	-	-	part of $5.8bn	-	S
	benzene	150,000	-	-	part of $5.8bn	-	S
	PX	480,000	-	-	part of $5.8bn	-	S
	toluene	-	-	-	part of $5.8bn	-	S
INEOS Olefins
Rafnes, Norway	ethylene	(x)400,000 1mT	-	-	-	2013	S
LyondellBasell
Trinidad and Tobago	propylene	-	methanol-to-propylene	-	-	-	S
	PP	-	-	-	-	-	S
SABIC
Teesside, UK	polyethylene (PE)	400,000	-	-	$100m	Q4 2008	U
Schekinoazot
Tula, Russia	methanol	450,000 (replacing 370,000 plant)	Haldor Topsoe	-	€143m	-	S
Tiwest
Kwinana, Australia	titanium dioxide	36% 150,000T	-	-	$93m	eary 2010	A
Tosoh
Nanyo, Yamaguchi, Japan	ethylene amine (EA)	26,000	-	-	part of $201m	March 2010	P
	EA	10,000	-	-	part of $201m	March 2012	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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