Outlooksfor Ethylene Production Capacities


The eight largest (of the more than200) producing companies account for about 30% of worldwide polyolefin fibercapacity. Major companies have been increasing their share through acquisitionsand capacity additions over the last five years.


Changes in Outlooks for EthyleneProduction Capacities by Country and Region



Global Ethylene Scenario


The world's largest ethylene producers in descending order are Equistar Chemicals, ExxonMobil, Chevron-Phillips, Shell andInnovene (formerly BP). Other major producers include BASF, FinalPetrochemicals, Formosa, Lyondell, Sabic, Sinopec, Total Final Elf and WestlakePetrochemicals.


More than half of the world'sethylene production is converted to polyethylene for use in film applicationsfor packaging, carrier bags and trash liners. Other applications includeinjection molding, pipe extrusion, wire and cable sheathing and insulation, aswell as extrusion coating of paper and cardboard.


In the U.S., 60% of total ethylene production capacity comes from liquefied natural gas (mostly ethane) and 38% from naphtha. Therelatively high cost of U.S. natural gas is a major factor in the forecast forflat U.S. ethylene production in the next several years. Ethylene is cheaper to produce from naphtha than from liquefied natural gas. In the Middle East, mostethylene is produced from liquefied natural gas according to Eramo. However, henotes, "In the Middle East, producers are now introducing naphtha intotheir ethylene production strategies in order to build a more diversifieddownstream chemical industry.


Western European Ethylene Capacity,Production and Consumption


The demand grew by 0.9 % in 2005, well below the 2004 growthrate of 3.5 %, and also less than the growth forecast of 1.6 % p.a. for the2005-2010 periods. The demand growth in 2004 and 2005 reflects regionalindustrial production growth figures of 1.8 % and 0.4 % respectively.Consumption of ethylene is driven mostly by polyethylene, for which domestic production is forecasted to increase 1.5 % p.a. in the period 2005-2010.

 

SOUTH AMERICAN PLANT CAPACITIES


Company

Capacity (KT/Annum)

Dow SA

700

ICI

21

Petrobras Energia

28

Braskem

1200

Copesul

450

PQU

650

PETROX

45

Ecopetrol

55

Pemex

1464

Pequiven

600


GlobalProduction of Ethylene (Million Ton)


Ethylene


2007

2008

2009

Korea

34.2

37.6

44.2

Taiwan

5.5

5.8

6.7

China

2.7

4.1

4.3

Asean

9.5

9.9

12.5

India

6.3

6.3

6.6

Japan

3

4.2

6.7

W. Europe

7.2

7.4

7.4

N. America

24.4

24.9

24.7

M. East

33.4

33

33.5


Higher Growth in Asian Countries


 

EUROPEAN PLANT CAPACITIES


Company

Capacity (KT/Annum)

AtoFina

1000

AtoFina/Solvay

250

Basell

1435

BASF

1350

Borealis

980

BP

1020

BSL

510

Dea

566

Dow

2260

Sabic Europe

1065

Enichem

220

Polimeri Europa

2160

Erdolchemie

880

ExxonMobil

120

ExxonMobil/Basell

420

ExxonMobil/Shell

800

Huntsman

865

Naphthachimie

700

Noretyl (51:49 Norsk Hydro , Borealis)

410

OMV

655

Repsol

880

Shell

865

Veba (BP)

1265


AMERICAN PLANT CAPACITIES


NORTH AMERICAN PLANT CAPACITIES

Company


Capacity Million Tons

BASF/Atofina (60:40 JV)

2

BP

3.25

CP Chem (Chevron Phillips LP)

1057.05

Dow

13.47

DuPont

1.3

Eastman

15

Javelina

300

Equistar

10.831

ExxonMobil

8.6

Formosa

3.4

Huntsman

2.46

Nova Joffre

3.4

Sasol

0.9

Shell

0.5

Sunoco

0.75

Westlake

2.3


 

Global Production of Propylene (Million Ton)


Propylene


2007

2008

2009

Korea

24.4

26.4

29.5

Taiwan

3.8

3.9

4.3

China

1.7

2.6

3.4

Asean

7.8

8.5

9.7

India

4.3

4

4.4

Japan

1.5

1.5

1.9

W. Europe

5.2

5.9

5.9

N. America

16

17.5

16.8

M. East

18.8

25

25.3


Higher Growth in Asian Countries



PROUDCTION SHIFTS TO EASTERN COUNTRIES


The global olefins business is enjoying a period of unprecedented high capacity utilization rates, expected to continue through 2008 before a move towards oversupply in 2009-10. Supply in the olefin markets has been affected by dual forces: It has been kept tight by robust demand due to sustained high economic growth rates (particularly in Asia), and on the other hand, supply has been affected on account of delays in several major projects and feedstock restrictions. This situation is expected to reverse by 2011- Several large scale projects that have been delayed, will be completed coinciding with a cyclical downturn in demand growth, leading to a trough in operating rates and profitability. The polypropylene market has been driven by similar forces : with high gasoline prices affecting supply. Demand for octane has increased propylene demand, diverting the material to production of alkyls within refineries, leaving less available for chemical uses. High operating rates and profitability have been restored recently to butadiene, on account of various reasons: A long period of low investment in butadiene extraction capacity, rejuvenation of derivative markets by the rapidly developing automotive industry in Asia.


Regional competitiveness, though existent, is less apparent in the present globally tight market scenario. Global olefins producers have been able to pass high feedstock costs downstream in the current tight derivative markets. Producers in the Middle East region, with access to cheap and abundant feedstock, have enjoyed a competitive advantage over the last few years, manifesting into record profits for Middle Eastern producers. It has also attracted unprecedented levels of investment in new capacity in the Middle East, and financed the acquisition of producers from other regions.

 

Regional competitiveness will become increasingly apparent as operating rates drop in 2010. The situation will change as the global markets move towards oversupply, high operating rates in the Middle East will leverage advantage, while producers in other regions will be forced to cut back production. As global olefins producers increasingly include low-cost assets in the Middle East in their portfolios, there will be a tendency for them to maximize output at the Middle Eastern plants at all times, leading to larger fluctuations in output at their assets in other regions. The cost advantage enjoyed by the Middle Eastern producers in the current high oil price scenario is sufficient to outweigh other competitive considerations many times over. The cash cost of ethylene production in 2007 spiked over US$700/MT in Western Europe and the United States, while the cost for a typical gas-based producer in the Middle East remained under US$100/MT. Along with the capacity developments in the Middle East has come acceleration in capacity addition in Asia, primarily in China. Following long delays to the first world scale, projects in China are increasing in number, scale and speed of development. Cracker projects developed by Chinese producers in joint venture with BASF, Shell and BP are increasingly integrated with refineries, and exploit the advantages of lower fixed cost and proximity to market.


The growth outlook for olefins is strongly positive in the long term, supported by consumption growth in plastics and intermediates. The global market is thus not expected to show significant signs of maturing over the next decade, and growth rates will be broadly similar to those seen over the past ten years.


The operating rates will remain above 90% through 2007-08, before declining sharply in 2009-10. Global consumption of ethylene is expected to increase from 112 mln tons in 2006 to 168 mln tons by 2015. The next five years will see capacity in the Middle East surpass that in Western Europe and the United States. The Middle East currently accounts for 10% of global capacity, but will account for 22% by 2010. Capacity in China will also grow dramatically, although demand for ethylene derivative imports will continue to rise. Capacity development elsewhere in Asia will mainly be restricted to countries in the early stages of development and those that currently import ethylene. Capacity in the Asias ethylene-derivative exporting regions such as South Korea and Japan will be slowest.


Capacity developments are focused in the Middle East and Asia, motivated respectively by feedstock cost and proximity to market. The scale of the capacity addition in the Middle East is unprecedented, and will see the regions capacity more than double over the next five years. Expansion has been enabled by the increasing use of private finance, the availability of non-associated gas and the development of new industrial cities outside Saudi Arabia. Projects in the Middle East include an increasing proportion of propylene, due to a move towards heavier feedstock in Saudi Arabia, as well as major refinery sourced propylene developments, and large scale on-purpose production from propane dehydrogenation and metathesis. The major liquids based steam cracker developments in Asia will produce large quantities of propylene, and also most of the worlds new butadiene capacity. The Middle East will supply the growing demand for ethylene and propylene derivative imports in Asia Pacific, but also most other markets, including Western Europe and North America.


Demand growth for ethylene and propylene will remain above global GDP levels over the next cycle, but will drop slightly below GDP after 2020. Demand growth for butadiene will remain significantly lower than that of ethylene and propylene. The heavy additions of liquids-based steam cracking capacity in Asia will lead to an increasing surplus of crude C4s in the region, despite the focus of new butadiene extraction capacity there. Selective hydrogenation and co-cracking of C4s in Asia will increase accordingly.


Poly-olefins remain the largest sector of olefins demand, and have the highest overall growth rate. Monomers and intermediates form the second largest grouping for ethylene and propylene, comprising products such as EO/MEG, EDC, ethyl-benzene/styrene, propylene oxide and cumene/phenol. Elastomers account for the majority of butadiene demand. Other applications include a very wide range of large and small derivatives, which collectively track GDP growth and industrial activity.



 

The current extended period of high operating rates is expected to be followed by an abnormally low trough in 2011. This is an exaggeration of the normal cyclical phenomenon, where excess investment in new capacity is caused by the high levels of income generated in the long up-cycle. Due to the apparent severity of the upcoming trough, and the escalation of project costs, the delay of a number of announced projects particularly in Asia are likely to be delayed in preference to developments in the Middle East.


  • Disclaimer: Kindly note that plant capacities are constantly changing. We will endeavour to keep abreast with these capacity changes at all times however sometimes we may be delayed in carrying out the changes on the site.


References:

  • Plastemart
  • APPC/PMRC
  • Chemical week
  • Indianchemicalnews
  • METI Japan
  • GPCA


W. European Capacity of Ethylene Production


Ethylene and derivatives

Ethylene

2004

2005

2006

Capacity

23,759

23,919

23,989

Production

21,408

21,600

21,191

Source: Appe/PMRC



Western European Ethylene Capacity Expansion


Despite a lower demand growth in 2005, Western European crackers operated at a loading rate of just under 91% of nameplate capacity, only slightly lower than in 2004, as trade and capacity changes were small. Production increased around 200 kt / year to 21.6 million ton/year. With a similar increase in capacity, this kept loading rates flat.


Net ethylene imports over 2005 were steady at around 300 kt into Western Europe. About 75 % of the 400 kta imports came from Saudi Arabia, USA, Mexico and Russia.


In Eastern Europe, the total crackers capability stood at 1,624,000 tons for a production of 1,595,000 tons. Looking forward, loading rates are projected to rise slightly, and then flatten out at a level between 92 and 93 % as a result of production increases with minimal capacity additions.


2006 Ethylene Production Capacity:


Total world ethylene production capacity: Amounted to 116 M. Ton in 2006

North America (30 %)

Asia-Pacific (27 %)

Western Europe (20 %)


Ref (OGJ, 2006)


 

Cracker Capacity in Europe in 2005


At the end of 2005, there were 57 crackers operating in Western Europe and 9 in Central/Eastern Europe, with annual ethylene capacities of 23,964,000 ton and 2,390,000 respectively, Totally 26,354,000 ton.


WESTERN EUROPE (000 Kt)


Production

2005

2006

2007

2008

ETHYLENE





Jan - Mar

5442

5390

5622

5592

Apr - Jun

5363

5329

5416


Jul - Sep

5361

5244

5367


Oct - Dec

5434

5229

5413


Total

21600

21192

21818


Source: Appe/PMRC




Production

2005

2006

2007

2008

PROPYLENE





Jan - Mar

3861

3901

3950

4112

Apr - Jun

3840

3859

3770


Jul - Sep

3789

3771

3978


Oct - Dec

3916

3760

3972


Total

15406

15291

15670


Source: Appe/PMRC


Russian Ethylene Supply




Russian Propylene Production





 


Changes to annual capacity for Russian Polypropylene Unit kilo-tons

Location

2007

2011

West European Russia

100

100

Budyennovsk, SW Russia

30

120

Nizhnekamsk, Volga

180

180

Tobolsk, Tyumen

-

500

Tomsk, SE West Siberia

100

200

Nizhnekamsk, Volga

-

200

Omsk, South West Siberia

-

180

Ufa, South-West Urals

100

100

TOTAL

510

1,580




The Russian Petrochemical industry is gradually being restructured & streamlined into more profitable companies or holding groups. Productions of feedstocks are the key to the development of the petrochemical industry beyond 2011, in addition to logistics and the infrastructure. The dilemma facing Russian investors for future projects are good. Output from new plants could be sold at profitable levels in neighbouring market is developing and Russia is connected to it with roads. Production is set to rise over the next 2-3 years as a series of projects see completion. At the same time the focus remains targeted on cost reduction and quality improvements from existing operations.


NEW POLYMER PROJECTS ANNOUNCED IN INDIA


Company Project Existing Players 2005


Reliance Industries Limited Expansion of cracker capacity by 0.25 million ton and PP capacity by 0.28 million ton by 2006-07


Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Limited

  • Expansion of Vadodara (Gujarat) cracker capacity by 40,000 ton,
  • PP capacity by 15,000 ton


Gas Authority of India Limited

  • Expansion by 50,000 ton in PE completed in 2004-05, Further expansion by 0.13 million ton by 2006-07 Multi-feed cracker at Kasargod, Kerala with downstream polymer plants and Assam Gas Cracker project


 

Haldia Petrochemicals Limited Expansion in PE and PP capacity by 0.1 million ton and 50,000 ton by de-bottle-necking by 2005-2006


DCM Shriram Consolidated Limited Expansion by 28,000 ton by 2005-2006


New Players


Indian Oil Corporation Limited

  • Naphtha cracker at either Koyali (Gujarat) or Panipat (Haryana)
  • Naphtha cracker at Haldia / Paradeep /Chennai
  • a new petrochemical complex by 2011-12
  • Investments in joint ventures in Iran


Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited/Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited

Naphtha cracker at either Dahej (Gujarat) or Mangalore

(Karnataka)


Indian Olefins Demand Supply


Products

2010

2015

2020

Total Poly-Propylene (PP)




Demand

2364

3636

5516

Supply

2549

2950

2950

Net Trade 2

185

-686

-2566

Source: Indian-chemical news


Few Plants under Expansion


Company

Country

Location

Capacity (tonnes/year)

Onstream date

Haldia Petrochemicals

India

West Bengal

(+)150k, (T) 670k

Q2 2008

Jam Petrochemical

Iran

Assaluyeh

1.3m

Q4 2007

SEPC

Saudi Arabia

Al-Jubail

1m

Q1 2008

Kuwait Olefins

Kuwait

Shuaiba

850k

H2 2008

Eastern Petrochemical

Saudi Arabia

Al-Jubail

1.3m

Q3 2008

Jubail Chevron Phillips

Saudi Arabia

Al-Jubail

300k

Q1 2008

Yanbu National Petrochemical

Saudi Arabia

Yanbu

1.3m

Q2 2008

Lotte Daesan Petrochemical

South Korea

Daesan

(+)350k, (T) 1m

May 2008

Arya Sasol

Iran

Assaluyeh

1m

Q4 2007


Ethylene Capacity Growth in the Middle East




 

Cracking Capacity of Several Projects in Middle East


Product

Company

Location

Capacity

Onstream

Status

Ethylene

Abadan Petrochemical

Abadan

28,000

2008

Construction

Ethylene

Amir Kabir Petrochemical # 6

Bandar Imam

260,000

2009

Construction

Ethylene

Arak Petrochemical

Arak

310,000

2008

Construction

Ethylene

Kavain Petrochemical # 1

Assaluyeh

2,000,000

2012

Planning

Ethylene

Bandar Imam Petrochemical

Bandar Imam

410,000

2008

Construction

Ethylene

Llam Petrochemical Company # 13

Llam

490,000

2011

Planning

Ethylene

Jam Petrochemical # 10

Assaluyeh

1,320,000

2012

Construction

Ethylene

Marun Petrochemical # 7

Bandar Imam

1,100,000

2008

Planning

Ethylene

Morvarid Petrochemical # 5

Assaluyeh

500,000

2012

Study

Ethylene

Arya Sasol Petrochemical # 9

Assaluyeh

1,000,000

2009

engineering

Ethylene

Tabriz Petrochemical

Tabriz

136,000

2008

engineering

Ethylene

Carmel Olefins

Haifa

240,000

2008

engineering

Ethylene

Equate

shuaiba

900,000

2008

Construction

Ethylene

Kuwait Olefins

shuaiba

850,000

2009

engineering

Ethylene

Q-chem

Mesaieed

500,000

2008

Construction

Ethylene

Q-chem # 2

Ras Laffan

1,300,000

2009

Construction

Ethylene

QAPCO

Umensaid

720

2009

Construction

Ethylene

Qatar Honam

Mesaieed

80,000

2012

Study

Ethylene

Qatar Honam

Mesaieed

820,000

2012

Study

Ethylene

Jubail Chevron Phillips

Al-Jubail

250,000

2009

Construction

Ethylene

Jubail United Petrochemical

Al-Jubail

1,450,000

2010

engineering

Ethylene

KEMYA

Al-Jubail

750,000

2009

Construction

Ethylene

PETROKEMYA

Al-Jubail

800,000

2008

Construction

Ethylene

PETROKEMYA

Al-Jubail

800,000

2009

Construction

Ethylene

PETROKEMYA

Al-Jubail

720,000

2010

engineering

Ethylene

Petro-Rabigh

Raibigh

1,300,000

2010

engineering

Ethylene

SADAF

Al-Jubail

1,028,000

2009

Construction

Ethylene

SHARQ

Al-Jubail

1,200,000

2010

engineering

Ethylene

Saudi Ethylene

Al-Jubail

1,000,000

2009

engineering

Ethylene

Saudi Kayan Petrochemical

Al-Jubail

1,350,000

2011

Construction

Ethylene

YANPET

Yanbu

800,000

2008

Construction

Ethylene

YANPET

Yanbu

800,000

2008

Construction

Ethylene

YANSAB

Yanbu

1,300,000

2009

engineering

Ethylene

Petkim Petrokimya

Aliaga

1,300,000

2009

Construction

Ethylene

Borouge

Ru Wais

1,400,000

2012

Study

Ethylene

Borouge

Ru Wais

600,000

2008

Construction

PP

Oriental Petrochemicals Co.

Egypt

200,000

Post-2007

study

Propylene

Egyptian Propylene and

Suez, Egypt

400,000

Q2 2010

engineering

PP

Polypropylene Co.


400,000

Q2 2010

engineering

Propylene

Esfahan Oil Refining Co.

Iran

190,000

Mid-2009

planned

Ethylene

Gachsaran Petrochemical

Iran

1m

Post-2010

construction

Ethylene

Bakhtar Petrochemical Co.

Assaluyeh, Iran

2.4m

Post-2010

study

Ethylene

Jam Petrochemical Co. (JPC)

Assaluyeh, Iran

1.32m

Q1 2008

construction

 


Product

Company

Location

Capacity

Onstream

Status

Propylene

Unknown

Unknown

305,000

Q1 2008

construction

PP

JPC/Sadra

Assaluyeh, Iran

300,000

Q2 2008

construction

Ethylene

Morvarid Petrochemical Co.

Assaluyeh, Iran

500,000

2009-10

engineering

Propylene

Unknown

Unknown

38,000

2009-10

engineering

Ethylene

Ilam Petrochemical Co.

Chovar,Iran

500,000

2010

study

Propylene

Unknown

Unknown

140,000

2010

study

PP

Petrochemical Industries Co.

Kuwait

160,000

H2 2008

planned

Ethylene

The Kuwait Olefins Co.

Shuaiba, Kuwait

850,000

H2 2008

construction

Ethylene

ExxonMobil Chemical/Qatar Petroleum

Ras Laffan, Qatar

1.3m

2012

study

Ethylene

Ras Laffan Olefins Co.

Ras Laffan, Qatar

1.3m

Q1 2009

construction

Ethylene

Shell Chemicals/Qatar Petroleum

Ras Laffan, Qatar

1.25m

2011-12

pending

Ethylene

Qatar Petrochemical Co.

Mesaieed, Qatar

720,000

H2 2007

construction

Propylene

Advanced Polypropylene Co.

Saudi Arabia

455,000

Q1 2008

construction

Propylene

Unknown

Unknown

450,000

Post-2009

study

PP

Unknown

Unknown

450,000

Q1 2008

construction

Ethylene

Saudi Kayan Petrochemical Co.

Saudi Arabia

1.35m

2010

construction

Propylene

Unknown

Unknown

550,000

2010

engineering

PP

Unknown

Unknown

450,000

Q4 2009

engineering

Ethylene

Saudi Ethylene and Polyethylene Co.

Saudi Arabia

1m

Q4 2008

construction

Propylene

Unknown

Unknown

285,000

Q4 2008

construction

Propylene

Al-Waha Petrochemical Co.

Al-Jubail,

460,000

Q1 2009

engineering

PP

Unknown

Saudi Arabia

450,000

Q1 2009

construction

Ethylene

Arabian Petrochemical (Petrokemya)

Unknown

960,000

Q1 2009

engineering

Ethylene

Jubail Chevron Phillips Co.

Al-Jubail,

300,000

Q1 2008

construction

Propylene

Unknown

Saudi Arabia

150,000

Q1 2008

construction

Ethylene

Eastern Petrochemical (Sharq)

Al-Jubail,

1.3m

Q3 2008

construction

Propylene

Unknown

Saudi Arabia

200,000

Q3 2008

construction

PP

Saudi Polyolefins Co.

Al-Jubail, S. A


Q1 2009

study

PP

Saudi-European Petrochemical

Al-Jubail,

500,000

Q3 2008

construction

Propylene

(Ibn Zahr)

Saudi Arabia

150,000

2009

planned

Ethylene

Rabigh Refining and Petrochemical Co.

Rabigh,

1.3m

H1 2009

construction

Propylene

(Petro Rabigh)

Saudi Arabia

900,000

H1 2009

construction

PP

Unknown

Unknown

700,000

H1 2009

construction

Ethylene

Ras Tanura Integrated

Ras Tanura,

1.2m

2012

study

Propylene

Petrochemical Co.

Saudi Arabia

400,000

2012

study

Propylene

National Propylene (Alfasel)

Yanbu, Saudi Arabia

420,000

Q1 2008

planned

PP

Teldene

Yanbu, Saudi Arabia

420,000

Q1 2008

construction

Ethylene

Yanbu National Petrochemical

Yanbu, Saudi Arabia

1.3m

Q2 2008

construction

 


Product

Company

Location

Capacity

Onstream

Status

Propylene

(YanSab)

Unknown

400,000

Q2 2008

construction

PP

Unknown

Unknown

400,000

Q2 2008

construction

Ethylene

Borouge

Ruwais, UAE

1.5m

2010

engineering

Propylene

Unknown

Unknown

800,000

10-May

engineering

PP

Unknown

Unknown

800,000

2010

engineering

Propylene

Unknown

Unknown

-

2012

study

PP

Arak Petrochemical

Arak

153,000

2012

planned

PP

JAM Petrochemical Company

Bandar Assaluyeh

356,000

2012

planned

Propylene

Persian Gulf Petrochemical

Bandar Assaluyeh

1,057,000

2012

planned

Propylene

Amir Kabir Petrochemical

Bandar Imam

140,000

2010

construction

Propylene

Bandar Imam Petrochemical

Bandar Imam

107,000

2011

construction

Propylene

Marun Petrochemical Company

Bandar Imam

93,000

2012

planned

Propylene

Aravand Petrochemical Company

Gachsaran

90,000

2011

planned

Propylene

Ilan Petrochemical Company

Ilam

39,000

2010

planned

Propylene

Tabriz Petrochemical Company

Tabriz

61,000

2010

planned

Propylene

KNPC

Mina Al Ahmedi

124,000

2009

engineering

Propylene

EQUATE

Shuaiba

30,000

2009

engineering

Propylene

Qatar Petroleum

Mesaieed

244,000

2011

planned

Propylene

Qatar Petroleum

Mesaieed

216,000

2011

planned

Propylene

Al Waha Petrochemical Company

Al-Jubail, S. A

450,000

2010

engineering

Propylene

APPC

Al-Jubail, S. A

455,000

2010

construction

Propylene

Ibn Zahr

Al-Jubail, S. A

40,000

2011

planned

Propylene

Ibn Zahr

Al-Jubail, S. A

150,000

2011

planned

Propylene

Jubail Chevron Phillips

Al-Jubail, S. A

153,000

2010

planned

Propylene

Jubail United Petrochemicals

Al-Jubail, S. A

170,000

2012

Engineering

Propylene

Kenya

Al-Jubail, S. A

162,000

2012

planned

Propylene

National Chevron

Al-Jubail, S. A

200,000

2012

study

Propylene

National Chevron

Al-Jubail, S. A

200,000

2010

engineering

Propylene

Petrokenya

Al-Jubail, S. A

350,000

2012

construction

Propylene

Petrokenya

Al-Jubail, S. A

160,000

2010

planned

Propylene

Saudi Kayan Petrochemical

Al-Jubail, S. A

599,000

2012

planning

Propylene

Saudi Kayan Petrochemical

Al-Jubail, S. A

485,000

2011

engineering

Propylene

SEPC

Al-Jubail, S. A

285,000

2010

construction

Propylene

Sharq

Al-Jubail, S. A

185,000

2010

planned

Propylene

Petro Rabigh

Rabigh, S. A

900,000

2011

engineering

Propylene

Natpet

Yanbu, S. A

400,000

2011

engineering

Propylene

YanPet

Yanbu, S. A

312,000

2012

planned

Propylene

YanPet

Yanbu, S. A

400,000

2011

construction

Propylene

YanSab

Yanbu, S. A

400,000

2012

Engineering


By the end of 2004:


  • Chinas primary crude distillation capacity had reached 315 million metric ton per year (mmtpa) (second worldwide)
  • Ethylene production had reached 6.085 mmtpa (third worldwide)
  • Ethylene production in 2004 was 6.27 million ton.



 

ETHYLENE CRACKER AND DERIVATIVES PLANT CHINA 2005 / 2006.
  • Lanzhou's total ethylene capacity to 700,000 ton/ year, which includes an existing 240,000-ton/year cracker.

  • The Chinese government's State Development and Planning Commission approved the raising of capacity from 650,000 ton/year to 900,000 ton/year of naphtha-fed ethylene cracker. The downstream plants have a capacity of 600,000 ton/year polyethylene; 590,000ton/year propylene;

  • Shanghai Secco Petrochemical Company, joint venture between BP (50%), Sinopec (30%) and SPC (20%), Capacity Ethylene 900,000ton/year, total derivative output 2.3 million ton/year.

  • BASF-YPC (50:50 joint venture) Q3 2005, 600,00tpa ethylene.
  • Formosa's Mai Liao complex has units to produce 450,000t/yr ethylene and 250,000t/yr propylene.
  • Formosa's Mai Liao complex includes units to produce 1.5million ton/year ethylene in 2002.
  • Yanshan Petrochemical Group : ethylene production capacity 710,000 tons/year.
  • MAOMING PETROCHEMICAL, on the other hand, will expand its ethylene cracking capacity to 800,000 million ton/year.

    By end 2006, the capacity, output and market share of the Companys major chemical products are as follows:

    Sinopec has 10 ethylene plants (including 2 joint venture companies) with a total capacity of 6.095 milion ton/year by end 2006 and real production of 6.163 million tons. The utilization rate of ethylene plants reached 112.05%. Seven sets of ethylene crackers have a capacity over 600,000 ton/year each, including Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co., Ltd., Sinopec Beijing Yanshan Company, Sinopec Qilu Petrochemical Co., Ltd., Sinopec Yangzi Petrochemical Co., Ltd., BASF-YPC Co., Ltd., Shanghai Secco Petrochemical Co., Ltd. and Sinopec Maoming Company. Seccos capacity is 900,000 ton / year.


    Ethylene Capacity - CHINA (KT/Annum)

    Company

    CapacityKT/Annum

    Beijing Yanshan Petrochemical Corp

    450

    Yangzi Petrochemical Co.,Ltd.

    650

    Shanghai Petrochemical Company

    700*

    Qilu Petrochemical Co., Ltd.

    450*

    Maoming Petrochemical Co

    900

    Fujian Petrochemical Company Limited (FPCL)

    800*

    Daquing Petrochemical Company

    430*

    Jilin Chemicals Ind. Corp.

    300

    BASF-YPC Company Limited

    600

    Sinopec Guangzhou Company

    150

    Shanghai Secco Petrochemical Co., Ltd

    900

    Lanzhou Chemical Inds. Corp.

    160

    Panjin Ethylene Inds. Corp.

    160

    Fushan Petrochemical Inds. Ltd.

    144

    Beijing Dongfang Chemical Inds. Ltd.

    150

    Guangzhou Ethylene Co. Ltd.

    150

    Tianjin United Chemicals Co. Ltd.

    140

    Xinjiang Dushanzi Petrochemical General Factory

    140

    Zhongyuan Petrochemicals Co. Ltd.

    140

    ( * ) Expansion is continue