Saudi Arabia's Petro Rabigh plans to start selling more polymers grades and other petrochemicals produced at its phase 2 complex from early 2019.
The products are expected to be ready for the market once the reliability tests are completed. However, it is not clear which polymer grades the petrochemical company will start to sell in 2019.
Petro Rabigh started the phase 2 complex in 2017, that has an integrated 400,000 b/d refinery that produces aromatics, including 1.34 million mt/year of paraxylene and 424,000 mt/year of benzene besides several other downstream products. The facility will use 3 million mt/year of naphtha as feedstock. The phase 2 complex also has units that produce ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM), ethylene vinyl acetate (LDPE/EVA), superabsorbent polymer (SAP), caprolactam, nylon-6 and polyols as well as TPO, cumene, phenol, acetone and MMA.
In addition Petro Rabigh’s phase 1 complex produces 300,000 mt/year of high density polyethylene, 600,000 mt/year of linear low density polyethylene, 600,000 mt/year of polypropylene, 700,000 mt/year of monoethylene glycol and 200,000 mt/year of propylene oxide.
Find out more about global phenol acetone and derivatives capacity increase at
CMT's 16th Phenol/Acetone & Derivatives Markets on 07-08 March, 2019 in Shanghai.
For more information, Contact Ms. Grace Oh at
grace@cmtsp.com.sg or call +65 6346 9147.
12 Feb, 2019
EPC Group has been expanding its footprint in Asia, especially in the polycarbonate market. Recently, China’s Zhejiang Petroleum and Chemical (ZPC) announced that it has selected EPC Group to provide the technology license for its second phase polycarbonate project located on Dayushan Island, China.
EPC will be supplying its patented EPC variPLANT® Technology, the extended process design package and the supply of proprietary equipment for the second phase project. The new addition will add another 260 KTA polycarbonate production capacity to phase 1, which is already under construction. The second phase polycarbonate plant is expected to be completed in 2021.
Earlier EPC had also secured a contract to provide a technology license, an extended process design package and the supply of proprietary equipment for a 260 KTA polycarbonate production plant owned by Hainan Huasheng New Material Technology Co. Located at the Hainan Dongfang Industrial Park, the polycarbonate project commenced in Q1 2018 and includes the patented EPC variPLANT® Technology. The polycarbonate plant is expected to be completed in 2020.
More about polycarbonate demand and supply will be discussed at
CMT's 16th Phenol/Acetone & Derivatives Markets on 07-08 March, 2019 in Shanghai.
For more information, Contact Ms. Grace Oh at
grace@cmtsp.com.sg or call +65 6346 9147.
03 Jan, 2019
World’s largest producer of phenol and acetone - INEOS Phenol is planning to expand its plant in Mobile, Alabama USA. The expansion will raise the plant’s capacity up to 850,000 tonnes a year, making it the largest phenol production unit in the world.
The plant is already the largest and most efficient single train plant in USA and the new expansion will meet anticipated growth in demand and meet customers’ long-term needs in North America.
INEOS Phenol is the only phenol and acetone manufacturer that operates production facilities in Europe and America. The company supplies phenol and acetone to several end-user industries such as automotive, construction, electronics and fibre.
For more insights on the phenol and acetone markets, attend CMT's 16th Phenol/Acetone & Derivatives Markets on 07-08 March, 2019 in Shanghai.
16 Nov, 2018
