*Designates projects listed for the first time in the Journal.
UNITED STATES
AMOCO CHEMICAL Co. Chocolate Bayou, Alvin, Tex. No. 2 Olefins debottlenecking. 500 MM lb/y ethylene expansion in the engineering stage. Lic/Engr: Stone & Webster. Completion: 1994.
Cedar Bayou, Tex. polypropylene modernization. Engr: S&B Engr.
ASHLAND CHEMICAL. Neal, W. Va. 10 MM lb/yr expansion of maleic anhydride plant under construction. $12.5 MM. Engr: H-R. Completion: Mid-1993.
BELVIEU ENVIRONMENTAL FUELS. Mont Belvieu, Tex. (Sun Co., Enterprise Products Co.,[operator] and Mitchell Energy and Development) 12,500 MTBE plant. $220 MM. Lic: UOP. Completion: Mid-1994.
BETHLEHEM STEEL. Sparrow Point, Md. 4,900 mt/y modified Claus unit in the engineering stage. Contr: Still Otto GmbH.
CF INDUSTRIES Inc. Donaldsonville, La. 345,000 mt/y urea plant under construction. $49 MM. Engr/Contr: Kellogg. Completion: Mid-1993.
DOW CHEMICAL. Freeport, Tex. 260,000 mt/y benzene plant in the engineering stage. Contr: Krupp Kopper. Completion: 1994.
EXXON CHEMICALS. Baton Rouge, La. plasticizer unit under construction. PD/Engr/DD/Contr: Parsons. 4th Qtr. 1994.
oxo-Alcohol unit in the engineering stage.PD/Engr/DD/Contr: Parsons. 3rd Qtr. 1993.
ethylene unit under construction. Engr/Contr: Brown & Root Braun. Completion: June 1993.
*new brominated butyl rubber unit in engineering stage. PD/Engr/CS: Litwin. $20 MM. 1993.
Baytown, Tex. revamp upgrade of aromatics unit under construction. CS: Becon. Proc/Engr: Jacobs Engineering. Completion: 2nd Qtr. 1994.
FORMOSA PLASTICS Corp. U.S.A. Pasadena, Tex. 71,200 t/y phenol expansion and 42,700 t/y acetone expansion. Feed: Cumeme. $36 MM. Planned.
Point Comfort, Tex. 750,000 t/y ethylene plant and derivatives units under construction. Lie/Engr: Kellogg. Contr: Formosa. 1993.
FORTIER METHANOL Inc. Westwego, La. *1,800 t/d methanol in engineering stage. PD/Engr/DD/PE/Lic: Lurgi. Completion: 1993.
HIMONT, U.S.A., Mont Belvieu, Tex. (joint venture with Enterprise and Mitchell) 500 MM lb/y propylene plant under study. Completion: 1994.
HUNTSMAN CHEMICAL Corp. Belpre, Ohio. 32,000 t/y polystyrene expansion. Contr: Lummus Crest.
KOCH NITROGEN. Sterlington, La. *1,150 t/d ammonia optimizer in engineering stage. Lic/Engr/Contr: Kellogg. 1993.
LYONDELL PETROCHEMICAL Co. Channelview, Tex. Increase capacity to a total of 980 MM lb/y propylene. Engr: Lummus. Completion: 1st Qtr. 1993.
OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL. Pasadena, Tex. 1 billion lb/y olefins unit at either Corpus Christi, Chocolate Bayou, or Lake Charles. Preliminary engineering studies under way.
PETRO OIL & GAS Inc. Sheridan, Wyo. (joint venture with Perkins Power Inc.) 50 t/d polyurethane plant. $50 MM.
PHILLIPS PETROLEUM. Pasadena, Tex. Upgrade polypropylene plant. Engr: Kellogg. Const: Brown & Root Braun. Completion: 4th Qtr. 1993.
Bayport, Tex. 150,000 lb/y polypropylene catalyst plant. Engr/CS: S & B Engrs. Completion: January 1994.
PHILLIPS SUMIKA POLYPROPYLENE Co. Houston, Tex. (Joint venture of Phillips Petroleum and Sumika Polymers America Corp.) 270 MM lb/yr polypropylene plant under study.
POINT FORTIN CHEM. CO. Point Fortin. 876,000 mt/y methanol under construction. Engr/Contr: Brown & Root Braun.
ROHN AND HAAS. Pasadena, Tex. *90,000 mt/y acrylic acid expansion. Engr. stage. Engr/Contr: Bechtel. Completion: 411 Qtr. 1995.
SAND CREEK CHEMICAL LP. Denver, Colo. 91,000 mt/y methanol plant. PD: Lurgi. Engr/Const. Mgmt.: BEI Engineers/Constructors Inc.
SHELL CHEMICAL. Geismar, La. 181,000 mt/y ethylene oxide and 227,000 mt/y ethylene glycol. Completion: December 1994.
SOUTH HAMPTON Co. Silsbee, Tex. 1,000 b/d solvent fractionation expansion in the engineering stage. Engr: Frantz
TENNESSEE EASTMAN. Kinsport, Tex. Revamp expansion under construction. Const: Becon. Completion: 4th Qtr. 1993
TEXACO CHEMICAL Co. Port Neches, Tex. 200,000 t/y propylene oxide, 19,500 b/d MTBE plant expansion under construction. Contr: Brown & Root Braun. Engr: Kellogg. Completion: 1994.
UNION CARBIDE CHEMICALS & PLASTICS Co. Inc. Taft, La. 410 MM lb/y expansion of ethylene oxide plant. $200 MM.
WESTLAKE POLYMERS Corp. Lake Charles, La. *100 MM lb/yr revamp expansion of Id polyethylene. Completion: Fall 1993.
ALGERIA
POLYMED. Skikda. 130,000 mt/y hd polyethylene plant in the engineering stage. Engr/DD/PE/CS: Tecnicas/Initec/Dyc. Completion: 1994.
SONATRACH. Arzew. (joint venture with Total and Ecofuel.) 600,000 mt/y MTBE and 460,000 mt/y isobutane unit. Lic/Engr.: Lummus/Snamprogetti.
ARGENTINA
ELECTROCLOR. Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires. 41,500 mt/y polyvinyl chloride plant under construction. Contr: ICI. Engr: Davy McKee. Completion: 1993.
PASA PETROQUIMICA ARGENTINA. Neuquen. 150,000 mt/y urea plant planned. Feed: Natural gas. Completion: 1992.
Puerto Gral. San Martin, Santa Fe. 120,000 mt/y propylene expansion planned. Feed: Propane. Completion: 1994.
100,000 ACN plant planned. Feed: Propylene. Completion: 1994.
Rosario. Ethylbenzene expansion in the engineering stage. Completion: 1993.
Styrene monomer expansion in the engineering stage. Completion: 1993.
San Lorenzo, Santa Fe Province. Ethylene expansion in the engineering stage. Completion: 1993.
PETROQUIMICA GENERAL MOSCONI. Ensenada. polyethylene terephthalate plant (12,000 mt/y fiber-grade; 5,000 mt/y bottle-grade) in the engineering stage. Contr: Krupp Koppers. Completion: 1993.
POLIBUTENOS ARGENTINOS SA. Ensenada. *40,000 mt/y polybutene plant in engineering stage. Contr: McKee Dei Plata. Completion: 1993.
AUSTRALIA
ALTONA PETROCHEMICAL Co. Altona. ethylene expansion in the engineering stage. 310,000 mt/y total capacity. Lic: Stone & Webster. Completion: 1995.
BHP PETROLEUM. Laverton. 55,000 mt/y methanol new plant in the engineering stage. $60 MM. Engr/PE: Davy John Brown. Completion: 1st Qtr. 1995.
Melbourne. 160 mt/d methanol plant in the engineering stage. $40 M. PD: ICI Process. Completion: 1993,
CONTINENTAL CARBON AUST. PTY. LTD. Kurnell. Carbon black unit.
SHELL CHEMICAL (AUSTRALIA) PTY. LTD. Clyde, NSW. 60,000 mt/y polypropylene expansion. Completion: January 1994.
AUSTRIA
CHEMIE LINZ. Linz. 9,000 mt/y MA-De-hydr. in the engineering stage. PD: Lurgi. Completion: 1993.
BANGLADESH
BANGLADESH CHEMICAL INDS. Ghorasal. *Ammonia plant under construction. Lic: Kellogg. 1993.
BELGIUM
B.A.S.F. Corp. Antwerp. 600,000 mt/y ethylene plant. Completion: Mid 1993.
ETHYL SA. Feluy. polyalphaolefin plant. Contr: John Brown.
ISP GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES Inc. *new specialty solvents and polymers in engineering stage. Engr/DD/PE/CS: John Brown BV.
PHENOLCHEMIE GmbH. Antwerpen. 200,000 mt/y phenol and 125,000 mt/y acetone under construction. Engr/Const: Lurgi. Completion: 1993.
STATOIL. Antwerp. 700,000 mt/y MTBE plant under study.
BRAZIL
CAMICARI. Salvador, Bahia. 130,000 t/y lld/hd Polyethylene unit under construction. PD: Unipol.
CAPUAVA CARBONOS INDUSTRIAIS SA. Maua, SP. 15,000 mt/y carbon black expansion planned. Feed: Ethylene tar. $19.2 MM. Completion: 1995.
12,000 mt/y carbon black expansion planned. Feed: Ethylene tar. $6.5 MM. Completion: 1997.
COPERBO. Cabo. 35,000 mt/y polyisoprene plant in engineering stage. Feed: Isoprene.
8,000 thermoplastic elastomer plant planned. Feed: Butadiene, styrene.
ESTIRENO DO NORDESTE. Camacari, BA. styrene product with toluene as co-product and polystyrene.
NITROFERTIL. Camacari. Retrofitting existing ammonia plant (200 mt/d) to produce oxo gas and hydrogen.
Laranjeiras. 500,000 mt/d urea expansion in the design stage.
NORCLOR SA. Marechal Deodoro. 200,000 mt/y new polyvinyl chloride in the engineering stage. $120 MM. Engr: Bechtel. Completion: 4th Qtr. 1995.
200,000 mt/y new vinyl chloride in the engineering stage. $140 MM. Engr: Bechtel. Completion: 4th Qtr. 1995.
PETROQUIMICA UNIAO. Santo Andre. 100,000 mt/y ethylene, 56,000 mt/y propylene, 28,000 mt/y butadiene, 104,000 mt/y aromatics units (all total capacities) under way. Feed: Naphtha. Completion: 1993.
Itaguai. 100,000 mt/y polypropylene plant. $85 MM. Completion: 1996.
POLIALDEN PETROQUIMICA SA. Camacari. 15,000 mt/y hd polyethylene expansion. Feed: ethylene. Completion: 1993.
PRONOR PETROQUIMICA. Camacari, Bahia. 22,000 mt/y expansion toluene diiso-cyanate planned. Completion: 2nd Qtr. 1993.
52,000 dimethyl terephthalate expansion planned. Completion: 2nd Qtr. 1993.
PROSINT PRODUTOS SINTETICOS SA. Rio de Janeiro. 79,200 mt/y methanol expansion planned. Feed: Natural gas. $35 MM (U.S.) Completion: Early 1993.
SALGEMA. Maceio. Ethylene expansion project.
SHELL BRAZIL CHEMICAL. 20,000 mt/y thermoplastic rubber. $85 MM. Completion: Mid-1994.
BULGARIA
CHIMCO. Vratza. *2,000 mt/d urea plant. $33 MM. Engr/PE/CS: Jacobs Engr.
CHIMINVEST. Bourgas. 50,000 mt/y lld polyethylene plant. $50 MM. Sclairtech process. Lic: DuPont Canada. Contr: Lummus Crest. Engr: Combustion Engineering Inc.
CANADA
ALBERTA ENVIRONFUELS Inc. Edmonton, Alta. (joint venture of Chevron Canada and Neste Canada) 10,600 b/d of MTBE. Feed: Butane and methanol. $395 MM. PD: UOP.
BORDEN CANADA. Edmonton, Alta. 35,000 mt/y formaldehyde expansion under way. Feed: Methanol.
Laval, Que. 35,000 mt/y formaldehyde expansion under way. Feed: Methanol.
Vancouver, B.C. 25,000 mt/y formaldehyde expansion under way. Feed: Methanol.
West Hill, Ont. 12,000 mt/y formaldehyde expansion under way. Feed: Methanol.
NOVACOR CHEMICALS. Joffre, Alta. *debottleneck olefins complex. 52,000 mt/y expansion of ethylene, 90,000 mt/y expansion of Id polyethylene.
Medicine Hat, Alta. *90,000 mt/y expansion of methanol. $10 MM.
PETROQUIMICA/SOC. GENERALE DE FINANCEMENT. St. Romuaid, Que. 75,000 mt/y linear alkylbenzene plant.
UNION CARBIDE. Prentiss. 600,000 mt/y ethylene glycol plant planned. Feed: Ethylene. Completion: Late 1994.
CHILE
CAPE HORN METHANOL. Cabo Nego. 10% expansion of methanol plant. Feed: natural gas.
CHINA
Erilan, Inner Mongolia. 330,000 mt/y ammonia plant in engineering stage. Contr: Humphreys & Glasgow. Lic: Kellogg.
Shaanxi province. 300,000 mt/y ammonia and 500,000 mt/y urea. Feed: gasified coal. Completion: September 1995.
CHIA TAI Co. Ltd. Shantou Special Economic Zone, Guangdong Province. $800 MM petrochemical complex (250,000 mt/y ethylene, 480,000 mt/y synthetic resin, and 180,000 mt/y organic chemicals and other products).
CHINA INTERNATIONAL PETROCHEMICAL Co. Shanghai Petrochemical Complex. 80,000 mt/y polyethylene plant. Tech: Mitsubishi. Contr: Snamprogetti.
CHINA NATIONAL OFFSHORE OIL Corp./ROYAL DUTCH SHELL. Huizhou, Guangdong. 450,000 mt/y polyethylene plant under study. Completion: 1995.
CHINA NATIONAL PETROLEUM Corp. Beijing. -1 15,000 mt/y ethylene, 40,000 mt/y ethyl vinyl acetate resins, 40,000 mt/y ethyl glycol, 70,000 mt/y gasoline additives. $537 MM.
CHINA NATIONAL TECHNICAL IMPORT Corp. Beijing. 40,000 mt/y ethylene vinyl acetate under construction. Design/PE/CS; Snamprogetti. Completion: 1994.
32,000 mt/y butadiene plant in the engineering stage. PD: Lurgi.
60,000 mt/y styrene monomer plant. PD: Badger, Contr: Partec Lavalin.
Dalian. 60,000 mt/y polypropylene plant in the engineering stage. DD/PE/Contr/Engr: Tecnimont. Completion: 1994.
Dong Fang. 120,000 mt/y ethylene, 35,000 mt/y butadiene extraction in the engineering stage. Contr: TPL. Completion: 1994.
*300,000 mt/y ammonia and 520,000 mt/Y urea. $130 MM.
Fuling, Sichuan Province. 1,750 mt/d urea plant under construction Design: Snamprogefti. Completion: 1993.
Jining. 146,000 mt/y urea plant under construction. Design: Snamprogetti. Completion: 1996.
Jiujiang, Jiangxi province. 642,000 mt/y urea plant under construction. Design: Snamprogetti. Completion: 1993.
Tianjin. 140,000 mt/y ethylene plant in the engineering stage. $300 MM. Lic: Lummus. DD/Engr/PE/CS: Tecnicas. Completion: 1995.
40,000 mt/y polypropylene plant in the engineering stage. DD/PE/Contr/Engr: Tecnimont. Completion: 1995
Welfang, Shandong. 6,000 mt/y polyethylene plant under construction. Engr: Uhde GmbH.
Weinan City. *1,000 t/d ammonia plant in engineering stage. PD: Linde. Completion: 1 995.
Yizheng. *250,000 mt/y PTA plant in engineering stage. $170 MM. Lic: Amoco. Engr/CS: TPL. Completion: June 1995.
CHINA PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRIAL CORP. Guangzhou, Guangdon province. $72 MM polypropylene plant planned.
CHINA PETROCHEMICAL INTERNATIONAL Co. Anquing. 50,000 mt/y acrylonitrile reactor under construction. Engr/Const: Niigata Engr.
Daqing. 60,000 mt/y stryene. Engr: Badger. 1995. 25,000 mt/y polystyrene unit (third phase). Contr: Daelim Engr. *40,000 mt/y polypropylene. Tech: Mitsu Petrochemical. Contr: Mitsui & Co. and Mitsui Engr. Completion: 1996.
Dushanzi, Xinjang. Autonomous region. $600 MM petrochemical complex that includes a 140,000 mt/y ethylene plant.
40,000 mt/y ethylene oxide and ethylene glycol plant in the engineering stage. $150 MM. DD/Engr/PE/CS: Tecnicas. Completion: 1995.
70,000 mt/y polypropylene plant. Engr: Tecnimon Vintecsa/Udhe. Completion: 1994. 120,000 mt/y polyethylene plant in the engineering stage. Completion: September 1994.
24,000 mt/y butadiene, 10,000 mt/y butene-1 plant under construction. Lic: Lummus. Design/PE/CS: Snamprogefti. Completion: 1994.
75,000 mt/y purified terephthalic acid. Contr: Snamprogetti. Completion: January 1995.
Guangzhou, Guangdong province. 115,000 mt/y ethylene plant in the planning stage. Engr/Contr: Tecnimont. Completion: 1996.
*80,000 mt/y ethylbenzene/styrene plant in the engineering stage. $38 MM. Contr: Marubeni. Engr: Badger. Completion: 3rd Qtr. 1996.
*70,000 mt/y polypropylene in engineering stage. $56 MM. Lic: Mitsui. Engr/CS: TPL Completion: July 1995.
*100,000 mt/y polyethylene, 80,000 mt/y styrene, 50,000 polystyrene.
*2-polyester units at 60,000 mt/y and 100,000 mt/y.
Liaoning province. 400,000 mt/y naphtha, 185,000 mt/y paraxylene and 70,000 mt/y benzene. Lic/Engr: UOP.
225,000 mt/y purified terephthalic acid plant. Engr: Foster Wheeler USA.
Tianjin. 6,000 mt/y butene plant in engineering stage. Contr: IFP. Completion: 1994.
JILIN CHEMICAL Inc. Jilin. 40,000 mt/y ethylene oxide plant in the engineering stage. Lic: Scientific Design.
*300,000 mt/y ethylene and 165,000 mt/y propylene in engineering stage. PD: Linde. Completion: 1996.
LANZHOU CHEMICAL INDUSTRY Co. Gansu. *Ethylene plant expansion in engineering stage. Lic/Engr: Kellogg.
LIAOYANG PETROCHEMICAL FIBER Co. Liaoyang. *200,000 mt/y polyester resins in engineering stage. Contr: Zimmer. Completion: 1996.
MAOMING PETRO. Co. Maoming. *300,000 mt/y grassroots ethylene, 100,000 mt/y Id polyethylene, 140,000 lld polyethylene, 165,000 mt/y propylene, 300,000 synthetic ammonia. Tech Lic/PD: Stone & Webster. DD: Stone & Webster/JGC Corp. $275 MM. Completion: 1995.
*1 00,000 styrene monomer. Contr: Snamprogefti.
*140,000 mt/y polypropylene in engineering stage. Engr/PE/CS: Tecnimont. Completion: 1995.
*100,000 mt/y ethylene oxide/glycol. Process: Shell. Completion: 1995.
NANJING ORIENTAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRY. Nanjing. *50,000 t/y caprolactam, benzene hydrogenation, cyclohexane oxidation, cyclohexanol oxidation under construction. PD: Stamicarbon. Engr: John Brown Deutsche Engr. DD/PE/CS:Voest John Brown/John Brown Deutsche Engr. Completion: 1993.
NINGBO BESTON PETROCHEMICAL Co. Ltd. Ningbo, Zhejiang. (joint venture of Beston Petrochemical and Chia Tai Co., Thailand) 120,000 mt/y polyvinyl chloride plant planned. $94 MM.
SHANGHAI TEXTILE POLYESTER. Shanghai. *80,000 mt/y polyester resins under construction. Contr: Zimmer. Completion: 1993.
SINONEWTECH. Sichuan province. (Yibun Tianyuan Chemical Complex). *20,000 mt/y mass PVC resin and 5,000 mt/y PVC compounds under construction. Contr: Krebs. Completion: 1995.
TIANJIN MUNICIPAL GOV'T. Tianjin City. (joint venture with China Petrochemical Corp.) 140,000 mt/y ethylene plant in the engineering stage. Also will produce 55,000 mt/y ethylene oxide, 41,800 mt/y ethylene glycol, 60,000 mt/y polyethylene and 40,000 mt/y polypropylene. Engineering stage. Engr: Lummus/Foster Wheeler. DD/PE/CS: Foster Wheeler. (FW on the ethylene oxide/glycol units). Completion: 1994.
TIANJIN UNITED CHEMICAL Corp. Tianjin. 60,000 mt/y polyethylene plant, Lic: Union Carbide Corp. Completion: Mid-1994.
URUMQI GENERAL PETROCHEMICAL WORKS. Xinjiang, Uygur. 75,000 mt/y purified terephthalic acid unit and 55,000 mt/y paraxylene unit. Completion: 1995.
Urumqi. *1,000 t/d ammonia plant planned. Engr/PE/CS: Tecnimont. Completion: 1996.
55,000 mt/y paraxylene/benzene in the engineering stage. PD: Babcock. Completion: 1996.
YANSHAN PETROCHEMICAL Corp. Beijing. 150,000 mt/y ethylene expansion. Contr: Lummus. Completion: September 1994.
ZHENIANG CHEMICAL FACTORY. Zheljiang Province. (joint venture with Dow Chemical). 20,000 mt/y propylene oxide, 5,000 mt/y propylene glycol. $50 MM. Contr: Dow Chemical. Completion: 1993.
ZHONG YUAN PETROCHEMICAL UNITED Corp. Puyang, Henan Province.
12,000 mt/y butane plant in the engineering stage. Engr: CTIP. Contr: IFP. Completion: 1993.
120,000 mt/y polyethylene, and 10,000 mt/y butylene plant.
140,000 mt/y ethylene plant in the engineering stage. Engr: CTIP/Lummus Crest.
CHINA, TAIWAN
CHINA PETRO-CHEMICAL INTERNATIONAL Co. 15,000 mt/y polystyrene plant. Contr: Toyo Engineering Corp.
CHINESE PETROLEUM Corp. Kaohsiung. 400,000 mt/y ethylene, 230,000 mt/y propylene, 67,500 mt/y butadiene, 14,000 b/sd aromatics units under construction. Feed: Naphtha and gas oil. Contr: Kellogg/CTCI/Nippon Zeon. Completion: 1994.
Olefins conversion in the engineering stage. Engr: Foster Wheeler. Completion: 1993.
CHINA STEEL CHEMICAL Corp. Kaohsiung. 28,000 mt/y aromatics unit under construction. Engr/PE: Krupp Koppers. Completion: 1993.
FORMOSA PLASTICS Corp. Maillao. 450,000 mt/y ethylene unit. Engr: Stone & Webster. Completion: 1994.
235,000 mt/y polyvinyl chloride resin, 140,000 lid mt/y polyethylene, 65,000 phenol, 24,650 mt/y methyl methacrylate, 200,000 mt/y hd polyethylene, 240,000 mt/y vinyl chloride monomer, 9,000,000 mt/y naphtha, 450,000 mt/y ethylene, 24,000 mt/y epichlorohydrin, 70,000 mt/y acrylonitrile plants planned. Site uncertain.
GRAND PACIFIC PETROCHEMICAL Corp. Kaoshiung. 20,000 mt/y ABS expansion. Completion: 1993.
ORIENTAL UNION CHEMICAL Corp. Kaoshiung. Ethylene glycol plant planned. Feed: Ethylene.
TAIWAN PROSPERITY CHEMICAL Co. Kaohsiung. 135,000 mt/y cumene under construction. Lic: Kellogg/Monsanto. Engr: Kellogg. Completion: 1994.
100,000 mt/y phenol and 81,600 mt/y acetone complex under construction. Lic: Kellogg/Hercules. Engr: Kellogg. Completion: 1994.
TUNTEX PETROCHEMICAL Inc. Shan-Shang. 285,000 mt/y terephthalic acid plant under construction. Lic: Tecnimont. Engr: Hiyachi.
YUNG CHIA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIAL Corp. Lin-Yuan. 110,000 mt/y polypropylene expansion under construction. Lic: BASF.
COLOMBIA
CARBOQUIMICA SA. Bogota. 5,000 mt/y phthalic anhydride expansion under construction. ECOPETROL. Barrancabermeia. 34,000 mt/y polyethylene expansion under construction. Completion: 1994.
PETROQUIMICA COLOMBIANA SA. Cartagena. 25,000 mt/y emulsion polyvinyl chloride plant planned. Feed: vinyl chloride. Completion: September 1993. POLICOLSA. Barrancabermeja. 32,000 mt/y Id polyethylene expansion planned. Feed: ethylene.
COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES
(FORMERLY U.S.S.R)
Kazan. 200,000 mt/y polyethylene expansion. Tech: Union Carbide. Contr: John Brown.
Sakhalin Island. 660,000 mt/y methanol and 330,000 mt/y ethylene plant.
ANGARSKNEFTEORGSINTEZ. Angarsk, Russia. *90,000 mt/y ethylene expansion. Study: Lummus.
GORKNEFTE ORG SINTEZ. Gorki. 150,000 mt/y ethylene in the engineering stage. Contr: KTI. Completion: 1993.
LISICHANSK REFINERY. Lisichansk, Ukraine. 100,000 mt/y polypropylene plant in the planning stage. Turnkey. Completion: 1995.
MINISTRY OF THE PETROCHEMICALS INDUSTRY AND ENI. Nizhnevartovsk, Siberia. petrochemical complex. Feed: Ethylene. $5 billion. Feasibility study: Mitsubishi/Mitsui/Chiyoda Corp. Completion: Late 1990's.
MOSCOW REFINERY. Moscow. *100,000 mt/y polypropylene plant in engineering stage. Turn-key. Completion: 1995.
PERM PETRO. Perm, Russia. 90,000 mt/y anhy. phthalic acid and 4,500 mt/y anhy. fumaric acid in the engineering stage. Engr: Lurgi. Completion: June 1993.
P.O. CHLORVINYL. Kalusch, Ukraine. 370,000 mt/y vinyl chloride monomer expansion planned. Lic: Hoechst AG. Engr/Contr: Uhde GmbH. Completion: 1994.
PRESSINDUSTRIA. Tobolsk. 90,000 mt/y butyl rubber plant in the engineering stage. Contr: Technip. Completion: June 1993.
SOVIET MINISTRY OF THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY. Shevchenko. Petrochemical complex. Contr: Dow Europe-Litwin. Feasibility study.
TECHMASHIMPORT. Budennowsk, Caucasus. 100,000 mt/y ethylene expansion at Stavropol polymer complex. Contr: Linde AG.
Budyenovsk. 100,000 mt/y polypropylene plant under construction. $175 MM Contr: John Brown. Completion: 1995.
Mogiley. 500,000 mt/y ethylene revamping. Contr: Toyo Engineering Corp.
25,000 mt/y dimethylterephthalate expansion under construction. Engr/Const: Krupp Koppers. Completion: 1993.
TOBOLSK, W. Siberia. 457,000 mt/y propylene plant.
WESTERN SIBERIA PETROCHEMICAL COMPLETE Tobolsk, Russia. (Joint venture with Neste and ABB Combustion Engineering) *new butadiene styrene and polypropylene units. Completion: 1995-96.
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
CHEMICKE ZAVODY SOKOLOYAS. Sokoloy. Feed: propylene. Butyl,methyl acrylate, and 25,000 mt/y acrylic acid under construction. Lic: Mitsubishi Petrochemical Co. Completion: 1994.
KAUCUK KRALUPY. Kralupy. 10,400 mt/y ABS polymer expansion. Feed. Styrene, butadiene. $10 MM. Lic: Kaucuk. Engr/Contr: Chemoprojekt. Completion: 1993.
2,000 mt/y butadiene rubber (liquid) planned. $5 MM. Uc: Kaucuk. Completion:1995.
SLOVNAFT BRATISLAVA. Bratislava. *Revamp ethylene plant. Contr: KTI Group By. Completion: Late 1993.
EGYPT
EGYPTIAN PETRO. Co. El-Amerya-Alex. 80,000 mt/y Id & hd polyethylene plant under study.
FINLAND
NESTE OY CHEMICALS. Porvoo. 100,000 mt/y benzene in the engineering stage. PO/Engr: Krupp Koppers. Completion: 1994.
FRANCE
ATOCHEM. Fos Sur Mer. vinyl chloride production expansion. Engr: Heurtey.
BP CHEMICAL. Lavera. revamp and extend polybutene capacity.
CRD TOTAL. Province - La Made. Addition of a propane/propylene unit under construction. Contr: Heurtey Industries.
EXXON CHEMICAL Ltd. Le Havre. 140,000 mt/y polypropylene plant proposed.
SHELL CHIMIE. Berre. 20,000 mt/y styrene thermoplastic elastomer unit. $3.5 MM. Design Engr: Foster Wheeler.Completion: Early 1994.
GERMANY
HOECHST. Frankfurt. 40,000 mt/y high density polyethylene expansion under construction. Lic: Hoechst. Engr/Contr: Uhde. Completion: 1993.
120,000 mt/y high density polyethylene plant planned. Lic: Hoechst. Engr/Contr: Uhde GmbH. Completion:. 1994.
HUELS AG. Marls. 120,000 mt/y polyethylene plant. PD: Union Carbide. Completion: 1993.
RUHR OEL. Gelsenkirchen. 70,000 mt/y cumene expansion. Feed: Benzene, propylene.
THUERINGISCHE FASERWERKE SCHWARZA. ingoistadt. *240 t/d polyethylene-terephthalate in engineering stage. PD/Engr: John Brown Deutsche Engr. Completion: 1995
TICONA POLYMERWERKE. Kelaterbach. 60,000 mt/y polyacetal expansion under construction. Uc: Ticona. Engr/Contr: Uhde. Completion: 1993.
GREECE
LIGHT HYDROCARBONS PROCESSING SA. Astakos. 500,000 mt/y MTBE plant planned. Lic: UOP. Completion: 1994.
HUNGARY
COLUMBIAN TISZAI CARBON Ltd. Tiszaujraros. (Joint venture of Columbian Chemicals Co. and Tezai Vegyi Kombinat RT) *50,000 mt/y carbon black plant. Completion: 2nd half 1993.
INDIA
ANDHRA PETROCHEMICAL Ltd. Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. 30,000 mt/y 2-ethyl hexanol butanols (LP oxo process) under construction. PD/Engr/CS: Davy Process Technology. Completion: 1993.
BINDAL AGRO CHEMICAL Ltd. Shahjahnpur. 2 urea plants 402,000 mt/y each and 493,000 mt/y ammonia plant under construction. Design: Snamprogetti. Completion: 1994.
BOMBAY DYEING & MFG. Co. Ltd. Pataiganga, Maharashtra. 40,000 mt/y dimethyl terephthalate under construction. Contr: Glitschinc. Completion: Early 1993.
CALICO POLYESTER FIBRE DIVISION. Baroda. 7,500 mt/y polyester staple fibre expansion under construction. Engr: Davy Powergas India. Completion: 1994.
CHAMBAL FERTILIZERS & CHEMICALS Ltd. Gadepan. Kota district. 493,000 mt/y ammonia plant under construction. DD/Engr/Contr: Snamprogetti. Completion: 1993,
410,000 mt/y each, 2 urea plants under construction. DD/Engr/Contr: Snamprogetti. Completion: 1993.
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS TRAVACORE Ltd. Udyogamandal. 300,000 mt/y ammonia plant pending govt approval. Replacement of old plant with capacity expansion. $200 MM. Engr/Design/CS: Fact Engineering & Design Organization.
FINOLEX. Ratnagirl. 80,000 mt/y polyvinyl chloride plant under construction. Lic: Hoechst. Engr/Contr: Uhde/Uhde India. Completion: 1992/93.
20,000 mt/y polyvinyl chloride plant under construction. Lic: Hoechst. Engr/Contr: Uhde/Uhde India. Completion: 1992/93.
GAS AUTHORITY OF INDIA Ltd. Auralya, Uttar Pradesh. undisclosed volume of olefins and polyolefins. $1.65 billion. Planned.
*100,000 mt/y hd polyethylene in engineering stage. Engr/CS: Tecnimont. Completion: 1996.
GUJARAT NARMADA VALLEY FERTILIZERS CO. LTD. Narmadanagar, Bharuch. 50,000 mt/y acetic acid plant planned. Feed: methanol and carbon monoxide - Contr: BP Chemicals/Mitsui Engr.
10,000 mt/y toluene drisocynates planned. Feed: toluene, nitric acid, chlorine. Contr: Chematur AB.
20,000 mt/y aniline plant planned. Feed: benzene, nitric acid. Contr: Chematur AB.
Baroda. *50,000 mt/y acetic acid. Contr: BP Chemicals. Completion: 1995.
GUJARAT STATE FERTILIZERS Co. Ltd. Baroda. 445,000 mt/y ammonia expansion planned. Completion: 1994.
HALDIA PETROCHEMICALS Ltd. Haldia. 120,000 mt/y hd polyethylene and 150,000 mt/y polypropylene in the planning stage. Engr/CS: Tecnimont. Completion: 1996.
West Bengal. 300,000 mt/y ethylene in the engineering stage. $300 MM. Engr: Lummus. Completion: 1996.
HERDILLIA CHEMICALS Ltd. Thane. 1,500 mt/y propylene oxide plant planned.
HINDUSTAN PETROLEUM Corp. Visakapatnam. 45,000 mt/y n-paraffin expansion planned. Completion: 1994.
HRTECH CARBON BOMBAY. Renukoot Tamil Nadu. 20,000 mt/y carbon black expansion in the engineering stage. $15 MM. Contr: Davy Powergas India Pvt. Ltd. Completion: 1993.
INDIAN PETROCHEMICAL Corp. Ltd. Baroda. 75,000 mt/y polypropylene plant in the engineering stage. Engr/CS: Tecnimont. Completion: 1995.
37,000 mt/y butadiene extraction in the engineering stage. $15 MM. Engr: Lummus. Completion: 1994.
Gujarat. Petrochemical complex. $1.52 billion.
McDOWELL & Co. Ltd. (Polymers Division). Visakhapatnam. 6,300 mt/y ethylbenzene revamp planned. Feed: Benzene, molasses.
MURABLACK INDIA LTD. BOMBAY. Tarapur Maharashtra. 9,000 mt/y carbon black plant in the engineering stage. $17 MM. Contr: Davy Powergas India Pvt. Ltd. Completion: 1993.
NATIONAL AROMATICS & PETROCHEMICALS Corp. Ltd. Madras. 200,000 mt/y purified terephthalic acid plant planned. Lic: Mitsui Petrochemicals.
136,000 mt/y paraxylene, 30,000 mt/y orthoxylene, 30,000 mt/y benzene. Lic: UOP/EIL. Completion: 1st Qtr. 1995.
OSWAL AGRO MILLS Ltd. *55,000 mt/y Id polyethylene in engineering stage. PD/Engr/DD/CS: Simon-Carves. Completion: 1994.
POLYCHEM Ltd. Maharashtra. 80,000 mt/y styrene, 40,000 mt/y polystyrene and 3,000 mt/y toluene plant. Feed: benzene, ethylene. Completion: Early 1994.
PROJECTS AND DEVELOPMENT INDIA Ltd. Shahjahanpur. 1,100 t/d each, two urea plants under construction. Design: Sanmprogefti. Completion: 1995.
RASHTRIYA ISPAT NIGAM. Visakhapatnam. 33,000 mt/y aromatics plant under construction. Engr/CS: Krupp Koppers. Completion: 1993.
RELIANCE INDUSTRIES Ltd. Hazira, Gujarat. Grassroots natural gas/naphtha cracker that will include 400,000 mt/y ethylene unit, pyrolysis gasoline and C4 hydrogenation unit. Design/Engr/PE: Stone & Webster. Completion: 1995.
SUPREME PETROCHEM LTD. Nagothone, Maharashtra. 60,000 mt/y polystyrene plant. Contr: Lummus/Huntsman Chemical. Completion: 1994.
100,000 mt/y ethylbenzene/styrene monomer unit. Lic/Engr: UOP. Completion: 1994.
SYNTHETICS & CHEMICALS Ltd. Bereilly. 48,750 mt/y styrene expansion planned. Feed: Alcohol, benzene.
40,000 mt/y SBR latex expansion under construction. $25 MM. Design/Engr/Contr: Tata Consulting Engr. Completion: 1993.
29,000 mt/y SBR elastomer expansion under construction. $14 MM. DD/Engr/Contr: Tata Consulting Engr. Completion: 1993.
TATA CHEMICALS Ltd. Babrala, Uttar Pradesh. 493,000 mt/y ammonia plant under construction. Contr: Snamprogetti. Completion: 1993.
2 urea units, 411,000 mt/y each under construction: Contr: Snamprogetti. Completion: 1993.
INDONESIA
BAKRIE KASEI. Merak, West Java. (joint venture of Bakrie & Brothers and Mitsubishi Kasai) 250,000 mt/y purified terphthalic acid plant. $350 MM.
Bunyu, East Kalimantan. 300,000 mt/y MTBE plant. Completion: 1993.
60,000 mt/y acetic acid plant. Completion: 1993.
OLEFIN CENTER SHELL GROUP. Cila. cap, Central Java. 50,000 mt/y ethylene, 50,000 mt/y propylene, 225,006 mt/y polyethylene, 125,000 mt/y polypropylene, 100,000 mt/y ethylene glycol, 120,000 mt/y LPG, 45,000 mt/y fuel gas, 240,000 mt/y fuel oil, 170,000 mt/y Cs-Py gas, and 120,000 mt/y Cg-Py gas units. Completion: 1993.
PERTAMINA. Arun, Aceh, North Sumatra. 321,000 mt/y benzene, 19,600 mt/y toluene, 217,000 mt/y xylene mix. 39,700 mt/y orthoxylene planned. Feed: Condensale. Contr: Kellogg/Thyssen/Humpuss. $1,275 MM. Completion: 1992-93.
335,000 mt/y paraxylene and 150,000 mt/y benzene. Contr: Mitsui & Co./Chiyoda Corp./Thyssen. Completion: 1993.
Cilacap, Java. 375,000 mt/y ethylene, 225,000 mt/y propylene, 300,000 mt/y polyethylene, 180,000 mt/y polypropylene, 100,000 mt/y MEG units planned. Feed: Naphtha, raffinate, residue. $1,500 MM. Completion: 1993.
Palembang. *45,000 mt/y polypropylene plant. Engr/CS: Mitusi Petrochemical. Completion: 1993.
Plaja, South Sumatara. 30,000 mt/y polypropylene expansion. Feed: propylene. $40 MM. Completion: 1993.
PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRIES OF INDONESIA. (joint venture of Royal Dutch/Shell, Mitsubishi Corp., C. Itoh & Co. and International Finance Corp.) 375,000 mt/y ethylene, 220,000 mt/y propylene plant proposed. $1.95 Billion. Completion: 1996.
PETROKIMIA NUSANTARA INTERINDO. East Java. 493,000 mt/y ammonia plant under construction. Lic/Engr: Kellogg. Completion: 1993.
PT AMOCO INDOPRAKARSA, Java. 250,000 mt/y purified terephthalic plant. Process design in progress.
PT BRANTA MULIA. 20,000 mt/y nylon-66 under construction. $32 MM. Engr: Bechtel. Completion: 2nd Qtr. 1993.
PT CHANDRA ASRI. Serang, Java. 522,000 mt/y ethylene and 243,000 mt/y propylene plant in the engineering stage. Lic: ABB Lummus. Contr: Toyo Engr. Corp. Completion: 1994.
PT DINAMIKA-ERAJAYA. Serang. 39,000 mt/y SBR elastomer in the engineering stage. Lic: Korea Kumho. Design: Daewood Engr. Co. Completion: 1993.
PT GRAHA SWAKARSA PRIMA. West Java. 120,000 mt/y ethylbenzene to styrene monomer unit.
PT POLYFIN. Bandung. *63,000 mt/y polyester resins in engineering stage. Contr: Zimmer. Completion: 1994.
PT PTA INDONESIA. Arun, Aceh. 250,000 mt/y purified terephthalic acid. Completion: 1993.
PT PUSAKA WARNA. Serang, West Java. 200,000 mt/y polyethylene and 140,000 mt/y polypropylene plant. Contr: Sinopec Engr, Lic: Union Carbide. Completion: 4th Qtr. 1994.
PT RISJAD BRASALI STYRINDO. Serang. 15,000 mt/y expandable polystyrene in the engineering stage. Engr: Lummus. Lic: Huntsman. Completion: 1993.
PT TRI POLYTA INDONESIA. Cilegon West Java. 160,000 mt/y polypropylene plant. Contr: Toyo Engineering Corp. Completion: 1993.
PT STYRINDO MONO INDONESIA. Meraku. 1 00,000 mt/y styrene monomer plant in the engineering stage. PD: ABB Lummus. Contr: Toyo Engr. Corp.
PUSRI. Palembang, South Sumatra. *1,350 mt/d ammonia plant under construction. Lic/Engr: Kellogg. Contr: Kellogg/Rekayasa. 1993.
IRAN
ARAK PETROCHEMICAL Co. Arak. 113,000 mt/y ethylene oxide and 105,000 mt/y ethylene glycol plant in the engineering stage. Turnkey: Tecnimont. 1993.
7,000 mt/y butene under construction. Contr: TPL. Lic: IFP. Completion: 1993.
2-ethylhexanol butanols synthesis gas (55,000 mt/y) in the engineering stage. $290 MM. PD/Engr: Davy Process Technology. Completion: 1994.
250,000 mt/y ethylene plant under construction. Contr: TPL/KTI. Completion: April 1993.
30,000 mt/y vinyl acetate under construction. Lic: Bayer. Engr/Contr: Snamprogefti/Uhde. Completion: 1993.
30,000 mt/y acetic acid under construction. Lic: Hoechst. Engr/Contr: Snamprogetti/Uhde. Completion: 1993.
*105,000 mt/y pyrolysis gasoline, hydrogenation plant under construction. $38 MM. Engr/CS: TPL. Lic: IFP. Completion: April 1993.
*60,000 mt/y lld polyethylene plant under construction. $105 MM. Engr/CS: TPL. Lic: BP. Completion: April 1993.
*25,000 mt/y polybutadiene rubber. Engr/ CS: Nippon Zeon. Completion: 1993.
Bandar Khomeini. 300,000 mt/y ethylene plant. Contr: Daelim Industrial Co.
BANDAR IMAM PETROLEUM Co. Bandar Imam. 50,000 mt/y hd and 60,000 mt/y Id polyethylene and 100,000 mt/y polypropylene reconstruction. Completion: 1993.
175,000 mt/y polyvinyl chloride unit under construction.Design/Engr/Contr: Krupp Kopper. Completion: 1994.
180,000 mt/y vinyl chloride monomer reconstruction under construction. Engr/Contr: Krupp Kopper. Completion: 1994.
300,000 mt/y ethylene dichloride reconstruction under construction. Engr/Contr: Krupp Koppers. Completion: 1994.
260,000 mt/y hydroalkylation benzene, 160,000 mt/y mixed xylenes, 120,000 mt/y benzene reconstruction in the engineering stage. PD/Engr/Contr: Krupp Koppers. Completion: 1994.
540,000 mt/y BTX-extraction reconstruction in the engineering stage. Engr/Const: Krupp Koppers. Completion: 1994.
FIBER CHEMICALS. Bandar Imam. *50,000 mt/y acrylonitrile, 17,000 mt/y methyrmethacrylate in engineering stage. Engr/PE/CS: Tecnimont. Completion: 1996.
KHORASAN PETROCHEMICAL. Bolnurd. 365,000 mt/y ammonia, 547,000 mt/y
urea plant under construction. Lic: Kellogg/Stamicarbon. Engr/Contr: Kellogg/Kawasaki. Completion: 1994.
IRAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES INVESTMENT Co. Esfahan. 50,000 mt/y linear alkyl benzene under construction. DD/PE/CS: Snamprogetti. Completion: 1994.
TABRIZ PETROCHEMICAL Co. Tabriz. 136,000 mt/y ethylene plant under construction. Contr: TPL. Completion: 1994.
55,000 mt/y aromatics plant in the engineering stage. Design: Krupp Kopper. Completion: 1994.
100,000 mt/y polyethylene, 7,000 mt/y butene plant in the engineering stage. Contr: TPL. Completion: January 1995.
.expansion of ethylbenzene, styrene, polystyrene, cumene and phenol. Engr/PE: Technip.
OESHM FTZ. Qeshm. 600,000 methanol, urea, and ammonia. (Qeshm FTZ - 60%, Kobe Co. and others - 40%). Completion: 1995.
IRAQ
TECHCORPS. Baghdad. 11,000 b/d C4 hydrotreater and 1,860 b/d MTBE. Contr: IFP. Completion: 1993.
ISRAEL
CARMEL OLEFINS LTD. Haifa. 100,000 mt/y polypropylene plant under construction. Feed: propylene. Completion: 1993.
GADOT PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRIES Ltd. Haifa Bay. 30,000 mt/y paraxylene expansion. Feed: Xylenes.
ITALY
ASHLAND CHEMICAL ITALIANA SPA. Milano. 1,000 mt/y acrylics, 7,000 mt/y alkyds.
ENICHEM. Augusta. 87,600 mt/y kerosine feed pretreatment expansion under construction. Eng: CTIP.
Brindishi. *8,600 mt/y black hd polyethylene under construction. Engr/CS: TPL. Completion: December 1993.
SOLVAY & Co. Rosiguano. 45,000 mt/y polyethylene finishing units in the engineering stage. (natural PE & black PE). Completion: October 1993.
JAPAN
ADCHEMCO Corp. Kasaoka. 120,000 mt/y aromatics extraction unit under construction. PO: HRI. Completion: 1993.
DENKA. Chiba. 250,000 mt/y ethylbenzene and styrene monomer plant. Lic: LumMUS.
CHIBA STYRENE MONOMER LTD. Co. Chiba. 250,000 mt/y styrene unit. $160 MM. PD/Engr: Lummus. Completion: 2nd Qtr. 1994.
LUCKY HOECHST CORP. Yeochon. 120,000 mt/y hd polyethylene plant in the engineering stage. Design: Uhde GmbH.
MARUZEN PETROCHEMICAL Corp. Chiba. 600,000 mt/y ethylene plant in the engineering stage. $650 MM. Engr: Lummus. Contr: TEC. Completion: 1993.
MITSUBISHI TOATSU CHEMICALS Inc. Osaka. 365,000 mt/y retrofit of ammonia converter. Engr: Toyo Engineering Corp. Lic: Kellogg.
MYKK. Yokkaichi. 260,000 mt/y ethylbenzene plant. Lic: CDTECH.
NIHON POLYSTYRENE Co. Ltd. Kawasaki. 30,000 mt/y polystyrene expansion under construction.
NIPPON SHOKUBAI KAGAKU KOGYO Co. Chiyoda-ku. 25,000 mt/y ethylene glycol, and 25,000 mt/y ethylene oxide expansion.
SHOWA DENKO KK. Oita. 500,000 mt/y ethylene plant planned.
TOSOH Corp. Yokkaichi. 150,000 mt/y ethylene expansion. Completion: 1993-95.
KOREA
DAELIM INDUSTRIAL CO. 100,000 mt/y Id polyethylene under construction. Contr: Simon-Carves Ltd. Completion: 1993.
HAN YANG CHEMICAL Corp. Yeochun. 350,000 mt/y naphtha cracking plant. Contr: Stone & Webster.
HONAM PETROCHEMICAL Corp. Yoesu. 350,000 mt/y ethylene plant under construction. Contr: Toyo Engineering Corp.
JUNG WOO. Kwangyang. *120,000 mt/y benzene and toluene plant in engineering stage. PE/Engr: Krupp Koppers. Completion: 1994.
KOREA KUMHO PETROCHEMICAL Co. Yeochun. 50,000 mt/y butadiene under construction. Lic: Columbia Chemical Co. Design/PE/CS.: Daewood Engr. Co. Completion: 1994.
KOREA PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRIES Co. Ltd. Onsan. 250,000 mt/y polymer grade ethylene and 145,000 mt/y propylene plant. Tech. Lummus Crest.
TONGYANG NYLON. Ulsan, South Korea. 165,000 mt/y polymer grade propylene. Lic: UOP.
YUKONG Ltd. Ulsan. 35,000 mt/y isopropanol plant and 50,000 mt/y secondary butanovmethyl ethyl ketone unit in the engineering stage. $72 MM. Lic: RWE-DEA. Design/Engr: Edeleanu GmbH. Completion: Late 1994-January 1995.
150,000 mt/y polyethylene and 100,000 mt/y polypropylene. Feed: ethylene, propylene. Completion: Late 1994.
LIBYA
RAS LANUF OIL & GAS Co. Ras Lanuf. 160,000 mt/y polyethylene, 68,000 mt/y polypropylene, 88,000 mt/y benzene, 18,300 mt/y butane, 47,700 mt/y MTBE, 58,600 mt/y butadiene in the engineering stage. $100 MM. Engr/PE: Monenco Inc. Completion: 1995.
LITHUANIA
MINISTRY OF THE PETROCHEMICALS INDUSTRY AND ENI. Lithuania. (joint venture) 350,000 mt/y MTBE and 150,000 mt/y alkylates plant planned.
MALAYSIA
BORDEN CHEMICAL. KUANTAN. 29,000 MT/Y FORMALDEHYDE UNDER construction. Feed: Methanol.
ETHYLENE MALAYSIA AND POLYETHYLENE MALAYSIA. Terengganu. (joint venture with Petronas, BP, and idemitsu) 320,000 t/y ethylene and polyethylene plant in the engineering stage. $1 billion. PM: John Brown. Completion: 1996.
EXXON CHEMICAL Co. Kerteh. 450,000 mt/y ethylene and 450,000 mt/y polyethylene plant awaiting govt. approval. Completion: 1994.
IDEMITSU. Pasir Gudang Johor. 200,000 mt/y styrene in the engineering stage. $150 MM. Engr: Lummus. Completion: 1994.
MTBE MALAYSIA. Kuanton. 80,000 t/y propylene plant under construction. Engr: Kellogg. Contr: Mitsubishi/Kellogg. 1993.
PETROCHEMICAL MALAYSIA. Johor. *50,000 mt/y polystyrene plant. Engr/CS: idemftsu. Completion: 1994.
POLYETHYLENE MALAYSIA. Terengganu. (joint venture with Petroleum National Bhd., Idemitsu Petrochemical Co. and BP Chemical Co.) 320,000 mt/y ethylene and 200,000 mt/y polyethylene plant under construction. $55 MM. Contr: John Brown.
TITAN POLYPROPYLENE (MALAYSIA) Sdn. Bhd.. Johor. 200,000 mt/y ld & hd polyethylene plant. Completion: 1993.
First phase construction involves polypropylene plant, second phase involves a flexible naptha-LPG cracker and third phase is a polyethylene plant.
Pasir Gudang. 230,000 mt/y ethylene Feedstock: Naphtha and LPG. Tech: Stone & Webster. Contr: JGC Corp. Completion: June 1993.
115,000 mt/y propylene plant. Feedstock: Naphtha and LPG. Tech: Stone & Webster. Completion: June 1993.
200,000 mt/y polyethylene plant in the engineering stage. Contr: Mitsubishi. Completion: June 1993.
MEXICO
CELANESE MEXICANA. La Cangrejera, Veracruz. Ester and resins plant and 30,000 mt/y acrylic acid plant planned. Feed: propylene Lic: Nippon Shokubai. Contr: ICA. Engr: Bufete Industrial. Completion: 1st Qtr. 1993.
75,000 mt/y vinyl acetate under construction. Lic: Hoechst-Celanese. Engr/Contr: Uhde.
Cosolearaque, Veracruz. 38,000 mt/y acrylates. Engr: Bufete Industrial.
DERIVADOS MALEICOS. Morelos, Veracruz. 30,000 mt/y maleic anhydride plant planned. Feed: n-butane. Completion: 1993.
GLICOLES MEXICANOS. Morelos, Veracruz. 120,000 mt/y ethylene oxide planned. Feed: ethylene. Completion: 1995. 100,000 mt/y ethylene glycol plant planned. Feed: ethylene oxide.
INDUSTRIAS DERICADAS DEL ETILENO SA. Morelos, Veracruz. 15,000 mt/y ethanolamines under construction. Feed: ethylene oxide, ammonia. Completion: 1993.
PEMEX. Cadereyta, Nuevo Leon. 600,000 mt/y of paraxylene, orthoxylene and benzene in the engineering stage. $500 MM. Engr: Badger. Completion: 1994.
Camargo. *Ammonia plant under construction. Lic/Engr/Contr: Kellogg. 1993.
Coatzacoalcos, Ver. 350,000 mt/y polymer and polypropylene unit. Completion: Mid-1993.
La Cangrelera, Ver. 75,000 mt/y expansion of styrene unit in the engineering stage. 95,000 mt/y expansion of ethylbenzene unit in the engineering stage.
40,000 mt/y expansion cumene unit in the engineering stage.
Lazaro Cardenas. *Ammonia plant under construction. Lic/Engr/Contr: Kellogg. 1993.
Morelos. 350,000 mt/y propylene unit under construction. License: Air Products. Engr/Contr: Bufete Industrial. $190 MM. Completion: 1993.
28,000 mt/y butadiene unit under construction.
Paiaritos, Ver. 67,000 mt/y ethylene dichloride expansion capacity in the engineering stage.
100,000 mt/y vinyl chloride expansion capacity in the engineering stage.
Tula, Hgo. 2,000 mt/y acetonitrile plant under construction.
PRODUCTOS ECOLOGICOS SA de CY. (Joint venture with Valero Energy, Promociones Industriales Banamex and Grupo Infomin and Dragados Construcciones) *13,000 b/d MTBE plant. Completion: 2nd half 1995.
NETHERLANDS
ARCO CHEMICAL Co. Botlek. *70,000 mt/y propylene glycol ethers plant. Approved. Completion: Mid-1995.
CINDU CHEMICALS By. Uithoorn. 4,000 mt/y naphthalene plant under construction. Contr: Sulzer.
DSM. Geleen. revamp of ABS unit under construction. Engr/DD/Contr: John Brown. Completion: 1993.
NIGERIA
NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETRO. Co. Eleme, Port Harcourt. Phase II of petrochemical complex. 250,000 mt/y lld & hd polyethylene, 80,000 mt/y polypropylene, 260,000 mt/y ethylene, 82,000 mt/y propylene and 20,000 mt/y butadiene plant. $1.2 billion. Engr: Stone & Webster. Contr: Du Pont Canada/IFP. Completion: Mid-1993.
80,000 mt/y polypropylene plant in the engineering stage. Lic: Himont. Contr: JGC Corp.
22,000 mt/y butane plant in the engineering stage. Engr: Stone & Webster. Contr: IFP. Completion: 1993.
NORWAY
STATOIL. Bamble. 40,000 mt/y expansion of their hd polyethylene plant. $23.9 MM.
Karsto. 500,000 mt/y MTBE plant planned. Tech: UOP. Completion: 1995.
Heidrun field. (Joint venture with Conoco - 20%) 830,000 mt/y methanol plant Planned. $370 MM. Completion: 1996.
PAKISTAN
ENGRO CHEMICAL PAKISTAN. De. hark! Sindhi. *320,000 mt/y urea expansion. $120 MM. Contr: Sinopec.
RAVI CHEMICALS Ltd. *12,000 mt/y phthalic anhydride, 600 mt/y maleic anhydride, 15,000 mt/y DOP. PD/CS: Lurgi. Completion: End 1994.
PHILIPPINES
LUZON PETROCHEMICAL Corp. Ba. tangas. 140,000 mt/y lld and hd polyethylene, 110,000 mt/y of polypropylene plant. Contr: Mitsubishi Corp. Tech: Unipol process. joint venture lead by USI Far East Corp.)
POLAND
ZAKLADY AZOTOWE PULAWY. Pulawy. 1,700 mt/y urea expansion in the engineering stage. Contr: Tecnimont. Completion: 1993.
PUERTO RICO
PHILLIPS PUERTO RICO. Guayama. *Upgrade aromatics units.. Engr: Fluor Daniel Williams Brothers.
QATAR
QATAR FERTILIZER Co. Umm Said. 365,000 mt/y ammonia and 730,000 mt/y urea.
300,000 mt/y ethylene expansion under study.
170,000 mt/y polyethylene expansion under study.
QATAR GENERAL PETROLEUM Corp. Umm Said. 170,000 mt/y ethylene expansion. $400 MM. Contr: Technip/Lummus. Completion: 1995-96.
QATAR PETROLEUM Corp. Umm Said. joint venture with France's Total and International Octane Ltd. - both with 25% interest. Qatar Petr. - 50%) 475,000 mt/y methanol and 500,000 mt/y MTBE plant planned. $600 MM. Completion: Mid-1994.
SAUDI ARABIA
AL JUBAIL FERTILIZER Co. (SAMAD). Al Juball. (Joint venture with Taiwan Fertilizer Co.) 2-ethyl hexanol gutanois synthesis gas (150,000 mt/y) in the engineering stage. PD: Davy Powergas Technology. Completion: 1995.
AJPC. Al Jaball. expansion of hd polyethylene plant in the engineering stage. Engr/DD/Contr: John Brown. Completion: 1993.
AMOCO CHEMICAL CO. AND SAUDI CHEMICAL INVESTMENTS Ltd. Al Juball. 400,000 mt/y paraxylene plant in the engineering stage. Completion: 1996.
ARABIAN AMERICAN CHEMICALS CO. Yanbu. MTBE plant in the engineering stage. $350 MM. Engr: Bechtel. Completion: 3rd Qtr. 1995.
ARABIAN CHEMICAL Co. Ltd. (Joint venture of Dow Chemical Co. - Europe and E.A. Juffail & Brothers) *30,000 mt/y SBR plant. Tech: Dow. Completion: 1st Qtr. 1995.
ARABIAN PETROCHEMICAL Co. (PETROKEMYA) Al Juball. 500,000 mt/y ethylene project expansion under construction. Lic: Kellogg. Contr: Mitsui. Completion: 1993.
300,000 mt/y propylene expansion under construction. Lic: Kellogg. Completion: 1993,
100,000 mt/y butadiene expansion under construction. Completion: 1993.
70,000 mt/y BTX expansion under construction. Completion: 1993.
*polystyrene unit in engineering stage. $15 MM. PD/Engr/CS: Litwin. 1993.
*500,000 mt/y olefin and 123,000 mt/y butadiene. Engr/CS: Kellogg/BASF. Completion: 1993.
EASTERN PETROCHEMICAL Co. (SHARO). Al Juball. 500,000 mt/y ethylene glycol and 140,000 mt/y polyethylene expansion under construction. Engr/PE: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. Contr/Engr: Saudi Shinhwa Co. $150 MM. Completion: January 1994.
MOBIL CHEMICAL Co/SAUDI BASIC INDUSTRIES Corp. Yanbu. Installation of 2 ethylene furances, 50,000 mt/y polyethylene and 80,000 mt/y ethylene glycol expansion.
NATIONAL METHANOL (IBN SINA). Al Jubail. 700,000 mt/y MTBE plant expansion in the engineering stage. $275 MM. Engr/Contr: Flour Daniel. Completion 1993.
NATIONAL PLASTIC Co. (IBN HAYYAN). 100,000 mt/y polyvinyl chloride expansion.
SABIC. Al Jubail. (Joint venture with Vista) *50,000 mt/y linear alkyl benzene. Feasibility study.
Yanbu. *140,000 mt/y polyester plant. Contr: Bechtel Ltd. Completion: 1995.
SADAF. Al Jubail. (Joint venture of SABIC and Pecten Arabia) *100,000 mt/y styrene, 280,000 mt/y ethylene dichloride expansion and construction of a grassroots 700,000 mt/y MTBE unit. Contr: Brown Root & Braun/Brown Root Saudi Ltd.
SAUDI EUROPEAN PETROCHEM Co. (IBN ZAHR) Al Jubail. 700,000 mt/y MTBE and 200,000 polypropylene plant expansion under construction. Lic: Lummus Crest. Design/Contr: Snamprogetti. Completion: 1993.
SAUDI METHANOL Co. (AR-RAZI) Al Jubail. 700,000 mt/y MTBE plant in the engineering stage. Lic: Lummus Crest. Completion: 1993.
560,000 mt/y methanol expansion. *200,000 mt/y polypropylene.
SINGAPORE
ELF ATOCHEM SA. 50,000 mt/y polystyrene plant under construction. Feed: styrene. $35 MM. Contr: SGN. Completion: 1st Qtr. 1993.
CHINA AMERICAN PETROCHEMICAL Co. Pulau Ayer Chawan. (joint venture with Amoco Corp. and Exxon Corp.) 350,000 mt/y paraxylene plant and aromatics complex in the engineering stage. Completion: 2nd half 1996.
PETROCHEMICAL Corp. of SINGAPORE. Pulau Ayer Morbau. (Shell 30%) 400,000 mt/y ethylene and 200,000 mt/y propylene expansion. Study. Completion: 1995.
PHILLIPS PETROLEUM SINGAPORE CHEMICALS Ltd. Pulau Ayer Morbau. *200,000 mt/y polyethylene expansion. Study.
SHELL EASTERN CHEMICALS. Pulau Serata. 320,000 mt/y styrene monomer, 140,000 propylene oxide under study. Completion: 1995.
SOUTH AFRICA
SASOL Ltd. Sasolburg. 240,000 mt/y ammonia plant under construction. Contr: Uhde GmbH. Completion: June 1993.
SASTECH. Sasolburg. 266,500 mt/y ammonia plant under construction. Contr: Uhde GmbH. Completion: 1993.
SPAIN
ELF ATOCHEM SA. El Prat de Liobregat. (joint venture with Repsol Quimica) 54,000 mt/y polystyrene expansion under construction. DD/Engr/Contr: Tecnicas. Completion: 1st Qtr. 1993.
Algeciras. 45,000 mt/y MTBE unit. Lic: UOP.
GE PLASTICS DE ESPANA SA. Cartagena. acrylonitrile butadiene styrene plant. $2.5 billion. Contr: Foster Wheeler Iberia SA.
PETROQUIMICA ESPANOLA SA. San Roque. 18,000 mt/y alkylbenzene, 32,000 mt/y linear alkylbenzene sulfonic acid, 180,000 mt/y normal paraffins, 10,000 mt/y heavy alkylate, 15,000 mt/y white oils, 15,000 mt/y dearomatized solvents. Feed: kerosine, benzene.
TARRAGONA QUIMICA SA. Tarragona. 25,000 mt/y hd polyethylene expansion (125,000 mt/y total cap.) $65 MM.
SWEDEN
STATOIL PETROKEMI AB. Stenungsund. 48,000 mt/y MTBE plant under construction. Feed: isobutene and methanol. Design: Snamprogetti.
THAILAND
AROMATICS THAILAND CO. (TAC). MAP TA PHUD. 230,000 MT/Y benzene, 52,000 mt/y toluene and 355,000 mt/y xylene, 312,000 mt/y paraxylene. Project Consult.: Foster Wheeler. Completion: End 1995.
NATIONAL PETROCHEMICAL Corp. Rayong. revamp 126,000 mt/y propylene and 378,000 mt/y ethylene units. $58 MM. Engr: Lummus. Completion: 1993.
THAI CHAROEN POKPHAND GROUP. Map Ta Phut. (joint venture with Solvay Group) 135,000 mt/y polyvinyl chloride plant. Contr: Solvay.
THAI OLEFINS Co. Rayong. 350,000 mt/y ethylene and 170,000 mt/y propylene plant in the engineering stage. $500 MM. Engr/CS: Bechtel. Completion: 4th Qtr. 1993.
Map Ta Phut. 600,000 mt/y olefins plant in the engineering stage. $500 MM. Engr/Contr: Bechtel. Completion: 1993.
350,000 mt/y ethylene unit in the engineering stage. Lic/Engr: Stone & Webster. Completion: 1994.
THAI POLYETHYLENE Co. Ltd. *70,000 mt/y Id polyethylene in engineering stage. $40 MM. PD/Engr/DD/PE/CS: Simon-Carves. Completion: 1994.
Rayong. *2-100,000 mt/y hd polyethylene. Engr/CS: Mitsui Petrochemical. Completion: 1994.
TPI. Map Ta Phut. 100,000 mt/y polypropylene expansion under construction. Lic: BASF. Engr/Contr: Uhde GmbH. Completion: 1st/2nd Qtr. 1993.
Rayong. 15,000 mt/y polystyrene plant in the engineering stage. Engr: Uhde GmbH.
TRINIDAD
CARIBBEAN METHANOL Co. Point Lisea. 550,000 t/y methanol plant under construction. PD/Engr/CS: Davy Process Technology. Completion: 1993.
FERTILIZERS OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Ltd. Pont Lisas. 1,500 Vd upgrade of ammonia plant. Lic/Engr: Kellogg. Completion: Mid-1993.
GOVERNMENT OF TRINIDAD-TOBAGO (51%), MW KELLOGG (24.5%), NORSK HYDRO (24.5%). Point Lisas. 54,700 t/d ammonia plant. Contr: Kellogg.
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO METHANOL CO. Point Lisas. 140,000 t/y MTBE plant in the engineering stage. PD/Engr: John Brown. Lic: Phillips Petroleum. Completion: 1993.
TURKEY
PETKIM. Allaga. 14,000 mt/y polypropylene expansion. Completion: 1993.
25,000 mt/y vinyl chloride monomer expansion in the engineering stage. Contr: EVC/Technip. Completion: 1993.
15,000 mt/y acrylonitdle expansion in the engineering stage. Conr: Badger. Completion: 1992.
540,000 mt/y MTSE plant planned. Completion: 1995.
39,000 mt/y BTX plant planned. Completion: 1995.
UNITED KINGDOM
BP CHEMICALS Ltd. Grangemouth. 60,000 mt/y compounding petrochemical plant in the engineering and construction stages. Design/PE: John Brown. Completion: 1st Qtr. 1993.
Hull. Grangemouth. 100,000 mt/y hd polyethylene expansion in engineering stage (250,000 mt/y total capacity).
EXXON CHEMICAL OLEFINS. Mossmorran, Fife. *New debutanizer to produce C5 +. CS: Foster Wheeler Energy Ltd. Completion: 1st half 1994.
VENEZUELA
ABB-CETICO. (Joint venture with Pequivan and Grupo Zuliano) 150,000 mt/y linear polyethylene plant. Completion: 1st Qtr. 1994.
AMOCO CHEMICAL. (joint venture with Petroquimica de Venezuela, S.A., and Organizacion Cisneros) Feasibility study for a paraxylene plant.
CERASOL. Jose, Anzoategul. 730,000 mt/y methanol plant being planned. $335 MM.
Paraguana, Falcon. 40,000 mt/y naphthalene planned. $32 MM. Completion: 1995.
aromatics plant planned. Feed: 442,000 mt/y benzene, 422,000 mt/y xylene, 212,000 mt/y heavy aromatics, and 343,000 mt/y raffinate. $191 MM. Completion: 1996.
397,000 mt/y p-xylene planned. $248 MM. Completion: 1995.
270,000 mt/y cumene planned. $78 MM. Completion: 1996. 120,000 mt/y cyclohexane planned. $18 MM Completion: 1996.
500,000 mt/y MTBE plant planned $362 MM. Completion: 1997.
DOW CHEMICAL Co. El Tablazo. 150,000 mt/y styrene monomer plant. $120 MM. (joint venture with Petroquimica de Venezuela and Grupo Zuliano).
METOR SA. Eastern, Venezuela. (joint venture of Pequiven, Mitsubishi Gas Chemical, Mitsubishi Corp. and others) 730,000 mt/y methanol plant in engineering stage. $340 MM. PD/Engr/DD/PE/CS: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. Completion: December 1993.
PEOUIVEN. El Tablazo, Zulia. 130,000 mt/y vinyl chloride monomer. Lic: Hoechst. Engr/Contr: Uhde GmbH.,
120,000 mt/y polyvinyl chloride plant planned. $145 MM. Completion: 1995.
330,000 granulated urea plant planned. Completion: 1994.
70,000 mt/y ethylene plant under construction. Lic: Kellogg. Engr: inelectra. Contr: Kellogg/Inelectra.
Zulia Complex. 60,000 mt/y ethylene glycol, 16,000 mt/y ethylene oxide, 150,000 mt/y styrene, 150,000 mt/y polyethylene,
70,000 mt/y polypropylene, 120,000 mt/y polyvinyl chloride, 350,000 mt/y ethylene and 130,000 mt/y propylene expansion.
Jose, Anzoategul. 250,000 mt/y propylene (polymer grade) plant planned. $313 MM. Completion: 1995.
600,000 mt/y ethylene plant planned. Completion: 1996.
390,000 mt/y ethylene dichloride plant planned. $36 MM. Completion: 1996.
180,000 mt/y alpha-olefins plant planned. $266 MM. Completion: 1996.
70,000 mt/y polypropylene plant planned. $144 MM. Completion: 1997.
500,000 mt/y MTBE plant planned. $367 MM. Engr/Contr: UOP/Houdry/Snamprogetti. Completion: 1994.
690,000 mt/y methanol plant planned. $300 MM. Lic: ICI. Engr/Contr: Davy McKee/Snamprogetti. Completion: 1995.
(Joint venture with Eastman Chemical Co.) 250,000 mt/y acetic acid plant. Feed: natural gas.
Moron, Carabobo. 500,000 mt/y ammonia planned. Completion: 1996.
330,000 mt/y urea planned. Completion: 1996.
330,000 granulated urea plant planned. Completion: 1996.
PETROPROPANO DE VENEZUELA SA Jose. (joint venture of Petroquimica de Venezuela and Veba Oel AG) 250,000 mt/y propylene unit. Feed: Propane. Engr/Design: UOP.
PRALCA. El Pailto, Carabobo. 51,000 mt/y BTX/Py. gas, benzene expansion. Completion: 1993.
RESILIN. El Tablazo, Zulia. 150,000 mt/y styrene plant planned. $173 MM.
(Joint venture of Pequiven, Combustion Engr. and Banco Latino) ld polyethylene unit,
SUPERMETANOL. Jose. (Joint venture with Pequiven and Ecofuel) 670,000 mt/y methanol in the engineering stage. Feed: natural gas. $340 M. PD/Engr: Davy Powergas Technology. Completion: 1995.
VIET NAM
GOVERNMENT. $600-800 MM petrochemical complex. Completion: 1995.
YUGOSLAVIA
JUGOVINIL. Kastel Sucurac, Split. 85,000 mt/y polyvinyl chloride in the engineering stage. Feed: vinyl chloride monomer.
PRVA ISKRA. Baric, Belgrade. 20,000 mt/y toluene plant. Feed: Natural gas, toluene.
50,000 mt/y linear alkylbenzene plant. Feed: n-paraffins, benzene.
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