New energy projects and permanent plant shutdowns, May 22-June 1, 2010

07 June 2010 00:00  [Source: ICB]

NEW PROJECTS
Company	Location	Product	Capacity*	Process	Contractor	Cost	Start-up	Status
Bohai Chemical Industry	Tianjin, China	propylene	600,000	propane feedstock	-	$510m	September 2012	U
Borouge	Ruwais, Abu Dhabi (Borouge III)	linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE)/high density poly-ethylene (HDPE)	1.08m (two 540,000 plants)	Borealis: Borstar	Tecnimont/Samsung Engineering (turnkey)	-	-	E
		low density polyethylene (LDPE)	350,000	LyondellBasell's Lupotech T ; Borealis's LDPE wire and cable	Tecnimont/Samsung Engineering (turnkey)	-	-	E
		polypropylene (PP)	960,000 (two 480,000 plants)	Borealis: Borstar	Tecnimont/Samsung Engineering (turnkey)	-	-	E
		ethylene	1.5m	-	Linde	-	-	E
	Nansha, Guangdong, China	compounded PP resins	105,000	-	-	-	mid-2012	P
Dow Chemical/Siam Cement	Mab Ta Phut, Thailand	propylene oxide (PO)	390,000	hydrogen peroxide-to-PO (HPPO)	-	-	January 2012	U
Evonik Industries	Marl, Germany	laurolactam	(x)	-	-	-	Q4 2010	P
Far Eastern Textile	Shanghai, China	polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle chips	160,000T	-	-	-	end 2010	U
	Taoyuan, Taiwan	PET bottle chips	160,000T	-	-	-	end 2010	U
Loyal Group	Xinjiang, China	expandable polystyrene (EPS)	160,000	-	-	$30m	April 2011	U
Nabaltec	Schwandorf, Bavaria, Germany	boehmites flame retardants	-	-	-	-	2010	P
Neste Oil	Singapore	biodiesel	800,000	feedstock: palm oil and derivatives	-	-	Q4 2010	U
PetroChina	Urumqi, Xinjiang, China	paraxylene (PX)	1m	-	-	$571m	September 2010	U
PTT Phenol	Mab Ta Phut, Thailand	bisphenol A (BPA)	150,000	-	-	-	beyond Q3 2010	D
ShandongYangxin Yihai Bioenergy Technology	Yangxin, Shandong, China	biodiesel	200,000	-	-	$29m	-	P
Shanxi Lanhua Coal Industry Group	Jincheng, China	methanol	1.8m	coal-based	-	-	-	S
	-	olefins	600,000	methanol-to-olefins (MTO)	-	-	-	S
Tata Chemicals	Babrala, Uttar Pradesh, India	urea	(x)100%; 2.4mT	-	-	-	2013	S
Tianjin Soda	Tanggu, Tianjin, China	acetic acid	200,000	-	-	-	August or September 2010	C
Tunisian Indian Fertilisers	Tunisia	phosphoric acid	360,000	-	-	$500m	Q1 2011	P

PERMANENT PLANT SHUTDOWNS
Company	Location	Product	Capacity	Process	Contractor	Cost	Shutdown
Rhodia	Valencia, Venezuela	acetate filter tow	-	-	-	-	end 2012

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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