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Chinese Propylene Oxide Overview
September 21, 2021
With 600,000 Tons of Additional PO Capacity Coming Online in 2021, by 2023 China’s Total PO Capacity to Reach 7.95 Million Tons Per Year 2021-09-13 [Source:PUdaily] share:
PUdaily,Shanghai —
| Company | Production process | Annual capacity (in 10kt) | On-stream date |
| Yangnong Chemical | HPPO | 40 | 2023 |
| Jiangsu Bluestar Green New Material | HPPO | 40 | With construction completed, the plant has yet to come online. |
| BASF | HPPO | 40 | 2023 |
| Jiangsu Sanmu Group | HPPO | 30 | 2022 |
| Qixiang Tengda Chemical | HPPO | 30 | 2022 |
| Shandong Jincheng Petrochemical Group | HPPO | 30 | 2022 |
| Ningbo ZRCC Lyondell Chemical (Phase II project) | PO/SM | 30 | At the end of this year or in the first quarter of 2022. |
| Shell (Phase II project) | PO/SM | 30 | April 2021 |
| Wanhua Chemical | PO/SM | 30 | Q4, 2021 |
| Zhejiang Petroleum&Chemical Industry | PO/SM | 20 | 2022 |
| Fujian Gulei Petrochemical | HPPO | 20 | 2021 |
| Jiangsu Fuqiang New Material | HPPO | 10 | May 2021 |
| Tianjin Bohai Chemical Industry | PO/SM | 20 | 2021 |
| Sinochem Quanzhou Petrochemical | PO/SM | 20 | March 2021 |
| Taixing Yida Chemical | HPPO | 15 | 2021 |
| Taixing Yida Chemical (Phase II project) | HPPO | 15 | 2022 |
| Shandong Minxiang Chemical Technology | HPPO | 15 | 2022 |
| Tianjin No. 3 Petrochemical Plant | CHP process | 15 | 2022 |
| CITIC Guoan Chemical Company | PO/SM | 8 | With construction completed, the plant has yet to come online. |
| Total capacity | Capacity put into production: 600,000 tons per year | Proposed capacity: 3.98 million tons per year |
In 2020, the domestic production capacity for PO reached 3.37 million tons per year. In the year, some PO plants using chlorohydrination process were closed, while there were also new CHP plants such as Hongbaoli’s being put into operation. So far this year, 600,000 tons of PO capacity has been added to existing capacity, including Sinochem Quanzhou Petrochemical’s 200k t/a PO/SM plant, which was put into operation in March; CNOOC and Shell Nanhai Private Limited’s 300k t/a Phase II PO/SM plant, which came online in April; and Jiangsu Fuqiang New Material’s 100k t/a HPPO facility, which entered service in May.
According to PUdaily, PO projects under construction and proposed for the 2021-2023 period have a total capacity of 3.98 million tons per year, indicating that the domestic PO capacity is expected to reach 7.95 million tons per year by 2023. The table lists PO projects completed, under construction and proposed for the 2021-2023 period for your reference. Given the uncertainties over policies, environmental regulation, access to capital, production technology and product quality, the actual come-onstream dates are subject to change.
http://www.pudaily.com/News/NewsView.aspx?nid=96764
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