New projects, December 7–13, 2010

03 January 2011 00:00  [Source: ICB]

 

Correction: In the table headlined: "New projects, December 7-13, 2010," in the 12th row, please read: "Company: Evonik Industries; Location: Asia," instead of ""Company: Evonik Industries; Location: Germany." A corrected story follows:

NEW PROJECTS
Company	Location	Product	Capacity*	Process	Contractor	Cost	Start-up	Status
Americhem	North Carolina, US	color & additives	-	-	-	$22.6m	-	P
Ashland	Nanjing, China	hydroxyethylcellulose (HEC)	10,000	-	-	$90m	4 November 2010	C
		HEC	10,000	-	-	-	-	P
Baling Petrochemical	Yueyang, China	styrene-isoprene-styrene (SIS) copolymer	40,000	-	-	part of $74m	January 2012	U
		styrene-ethylene-butadiene-styrene copolymer	20,000	-	-	part of $74m	January 2012	U
Bayer	Shanghai	methyl di-p-phenylene isocyanate (MDI)	(x)650,000; 1mT	-	-	part of $1.33bn	2016	P
		polycarbonate (PC)	(x)300,000; 500,000T	-	-	part of $1.33bn	2016	P
Bayer Healthcare	Wuppertal, Germany	biologicals	-	-	-	$46m	late 2012	U
Bayer MaterialScience	Caojing, Shanghai, China	toluene di-isocyanate (TDI)	250,000	gas-phase phosgenation technology	-	-	mid-2011	U
Dow Electronic Materials	Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu, China	electronics chemicals	-	-	-	-	late 2011	U
East Hope Group	Chongqing	methanol	300,000	-	-	-	Dec 2010	C
Evonik Industries	Asia	isophorone & isophorone diamine	-	-	-	-	2013	P
GAIL	Pata, India	ethylene	450,000	-	Shaw Group - technology and engineering services	-	-	P
Hanbang Petrochemical	Jiangyin, Jiangsu, China	purified terephthalic acid (PTA)	600,000	-	-	-	Dec 2010	U
Israel Chemicals Ltd.	Lawrence, Kansas, US	sodium hexametaphosphate	(x)	-	-	-	late 2011	P
Jiangsu GPRO	Nanjing, China	polyols	(x)50,000; 150,000T	-	-	-	end 2011/early 2012	U
Kukdo Chemical	Kunshan, Jiangsu, China	polyether polyols	(x)12,000; 52,000T	-	-	-	Oct 2011	U
LANXESS	Changzhou, Jiangsu, China	leather chemicals	50,000	-	-	-	H1 2013	P
Nippon Nyukazai	Kashmina, Ibaraki, Japan	butyl glycol ether	30,000	-	-	-	Q1 2011	U
Olin	Charleston, Tennessee, US	converting from chlor-alkali to caustic soda and potassium hydroxide	200,000	converting from mercury cell to membrane technology	-	$160m	end 2012	P
Shell (China)	Wuxi	lubricants	300,000	-	-	-	-	P
		lubricating grease	6,000	-	-	-	-	P
Wacker Chemie	Cleveland, Tennessee, US	polysilicon	15,000	-	-	$1.40bn	end 2013	P
Xinjiang Markor Chemical	Xinjiang, China	butanediol (BDO)	100,000	-	Chenogda - engineering	-	mid-2013	U

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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