New projects and permanent plant shutdowns: January 12-19, 2010

25 January 2010 00:00  [Source: ICB]

NEW PROJECTS
Company	Location	Product	Capacity*	Process	Contractor	Cost	Start-up	Status
Arvand Petrochemical	Assaluyeh, Iran	polyvinyl chloride (PVC)	340,000	-	-	-	-	D
		ethylene dichloride (EDC)	340,000	-	-	-	-	D
		vinyl chloride monomer (VCM)	340,000	-	-	-	-	D
		caustic soda	635,000	-	-	-	-	D
BASF	Ludwigshafen, Germany	Trilon M methylglycine diacetic acid	-	-	-	-	January 2010	C
CNOOC & Shell Petrochemicals	Daya Bay, Huizhou, Guangdong, China	ethylene	(x)200,000; 1mT	-	-	-	June 2010	P
		polyolefins: low density polyethylene (LDPE), high density polyethylene (HDPE), linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) and polypropylene (PP)	(x)20%	-	-	-	June 2010	P
DuPont	Circleville, Ohio, US	Tedlar films used in photovoltaic backsheets	-	-	-	$175m (in addition to $120m, announced August)	September 2011	P
GD Younglight Energy and Chemical	Ningxia Ningdong Energy and Chemical base, Ningxia, China	coal-based poly-generation	1.2m	-	-	part of $1.42bn	2012	P
		acetic acid	300,000	-	-	part of $1.42bn	2012	P
		vinyl acetate monomer (VAM)	300,000	-	-	part of $1.42bn	2012	P
		polyvinyl acetate (PVA)	100,000	-	-	part of $1.42bn	2012	P
		1,4-butanediol (BDO)	100,000	-	-	part of $1.42bn	2012	P
Honam Petrochemical	Yeosu, South Korea	ethylene	(x)250,000; 1mT	-	-	-	Q3 2012	P
		HDPE	(x)210,000; 580,000T	-	-	-	Q3 2012	P
Jiaxing Petrochemical	Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China	purified terephthalic acid (PTA)	800,000	-	-	part of $445m	2012	P
LANXESS	Singapore	butyl rubber	100,000	-	-	€400m	2013	P
Mitsubishi Chemical	Haldia, West Bengal, India	PTA	800,000	-	-	-	January 2010	C
Morvarid Petrochemical	Assaluyeh, Iran	ethylene	500,000	-	-	-	-	D
PolymerLatex	Pasir Gudang, Johor, Malaysia	acrylonitrile butadiene rubber	100,000	-	-	-	-	C
Praxair	Memphis, Tennessee, US	air separation	450 tons/day	-	-	-	-	P
Sinopec-SABIC Tianjin Petrochemical	Tianjin, China	ethylene	1m	-	-	-	January 2010	C
Zhenhai Refining & Chemical	Ningbo, Zhejiang, China	PE	450,000	-	-	-	March 2010	C
		PP	300,000	-	-	-	March 2010	C
		ethylene	1m	-	-	-	March 2010	C
		monoethylene glycol (MEG)	650,000	-	-	-	March 2010	C
		aromatics	500,000	-	-	-	April 2010	C
Zhenhai Refining and Chemical/LyondellBasell Industries	Ningbo, Zhejiang, China	propylene oxide (PO)	285,000	LyondellBasell	-	-	March 2010	C
		styrene monomer (SM)	620,000	-	-	-	March 2010	C

PERMANENT PLANT SHUTDOWNS
Company	Location	Product	Capacity, kt	Process	Contractor	Cost	Shutdown
Showa Denko K.K.	Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan	hydrofluorocarbon (HFC)	10,000	-	-	-	January 2010

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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