New projects: August 18-24, 2009

31 August 2009 00:00  [Source: ICB]

Company	Product	Capacity	Process	Contractor	Cost	Start-up	Status
China National Offshore Corp.
Dongying Port Economic ­Development Zone, Shandong, China	refinery	12m	-	-	part of $6.58bn	2016-2020	S
	ethylene	1m	-	-	part of $6.58bn	2016-2020	S
Chongqing Jian-Feng Industrial Group
Fuling, Chongqing, China	1,4-butanediol (BDO)	54,500	INVISTA	INVISTA ­(engineering services)	part of $300m	-	E
	polytetramethylene ether glycol	42,000	INVISTA	INVISTA	part of $300m	-	E
DuPont
Louisville, Kentucky, and ­Fayetteville, North Carolina, US	monomer and resins used to produce Tedlar photovoltaics	(x) more than 50%	-	-	$120m	mid-2010	P
Fujian Refining and Petrochemical
Quanzhou, China	ethylene	800,000	steam cracker	-	-	end August/September	D
	high density polyethylene (HDPE)	400,000	-	-	-	end August/September	D
	linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE)	400,000	-	-	-	end August/September	D
	polypropylene (PP)	400,000	-	-	-	trials ongoing	C
Gansu Yinguang Chemical Industry
Baiyin, Gansu, China	polyvinyl chloride (PVC)	120,000	carbide-based	-	part of $63m	2010	U
Huaxiang Chlor-Alkali
Liaocheng, Shandong, China	epichlorohydrin (ECH)	30,000	-	-	-	September '09	D
Jiangsu Hailun Chemical
Jiangyin, Jiangsu, China	purified terephthalic acid (PTA)	600,000	-	-	$365m	H2 2011	P
Jilin Connell Chemical/Anhui Huainan Chemical
Jilin, China	nitric acid	180,000	-	-	part of $44m	mid-2010	U
	ammonia	120,000	-	-	part of $44m	mid-2010	U
Liuguo Chemical
Tongling, Anhui, China	ammonia	280,000	-	-	$278m	H2 2011	P
Sasol
Sasolburg, South Africa	methyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK)	(x)100%; 60,000T	-	-	-	December '09	D
Various unnamed companies
Dongying Port Economic ­Development Zone, Shandong, China	ethylene	90,000	-	-	-	by 2014	P
	propylene	200,000	-	-	-	by 2014	P
	styrene monomer (SM)	200,000	-	-	-	by 2014	P
	acrylonitrile (ACN)	100,000	-	-	-	by 2014	P
	phenol/acetone	240,000	-	-	-	by 2014	P
	nitrile rubber	50,000	-	-	-	by 2014	P
	methyl methacrylate (MMA)	40,000	-	-	-	by 2014	P
	styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS)	100,000	-	-	-	by 2014	P
	polystyrene (PS)	100,000	-	-	-	by 2014	P
	bisphenol A (BPA)	160,000	-	-	-	by 2014	P
	epoxy resin	100,000	-	-	-	by 2014	P
	polycarbonate (PC)	100,000	-	-	-	by 2014	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.

By: Anna Jagger
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