China’s ethylene output increases 30.6% year on year in Feb

16 March 2011 07:58  [Source: ICIS news]

SHANGHAI (ICIS)--China’s ethylene output reached 1.25m tonnes in February, a 30.6% year on year increase, according to data from China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation (CPCIF) on Wednesday.

The total output for January and February stood at 2.6m tonnes, a 35.8% year-on-year increase, according to the data.

“The ethylene output may continue to increase in China this year," an industry source said in Mandarin.

The source attributed the ethylene output increase to high operating rates of naphtha crackers. 

Besides, Saudi Arabia's SABIC and China's Sinopec joint venture 1m tonne/year cracker at Tianjin in North China, was also expected to achieve full productions rate later this year, the source added.

Products	Feb-2011		Jan-Feb 2011
	Output (‘000	% change*YOY	Output (‘000 tonnes)	% change*YOY
	tonnes)
Crude	15,906	5.3	33,722	5.5
Crude processing	35,215	11.1	72,400	10.9
Naphtha	2,024	14.8	4,130	11.4
Ethylene	1,254	30.6	2,601	35.8
Benzene	469	18.4	962	18.3
PP	848	20.1	1,761	15.5
LDPE	119	-2.5	252	36.2
HDPE	164	43.9	297	29.7
LLDPE	94	19.0	207	31.8
Methanol	1,439	22.5	2,742	12.7
Acetic acid	331	6.4	629	1.6
PVC	937	11.5	1,886	8.5
Synthetic rubber	538	19.8	1,090	18.5
Polyester	930	13.6	1,891	11.9
Fertilizer	4,911	8.9	9,504	6.0

Source: CPCIF

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