Map showing South Korea’s chemical plants
Anna Jagger
05-Feb-2009
| Company | Product | Capacity |
| Samsung Petrochemical | PTA | 1.1m |
| Dongbu Hannong Chemicals | SM | 180,000 |
| SK Energy | Ethylene | 880,000 |
| HDPE | 183,000 | |
| LLDPE | 218,000 | |
| PP | 376,000 | |
| Benzene | 465,000 | |
| PX | 750,000 | |
| SM | 400,000 | |
| BD | 130,000 | |
| Taekwang Industrial | Propylene | 250,000 |
| ACN | 250,000 | |
| PTA | 1m | |
| SKC | PO (new HPPO plant) | 100,000 |
| Polyols | 145,000 | |
| Hyosung | Propylene | 170,000 |
| PP | 280,000 | |
| KPIC | HDPE | 450,000 |
| PP | 350,000 | |
| BASF | SM | 320,000 |
| PS | 240,000 | |
| EPS | 80,000 | |
| ABS | 250,000 | |
| Hanwha Chemical | LDPE | 87,000 |
| VCM | 230,000 | |
| PVC | 310,000 | |
| KP Chemical | Benzene | 100,000 |
| PTA | 1.1m | |
| Tongsuh Petrochemical | ACN | 300,000 |
NOTE: SKC is studying another 100,000 HPPO project in Ulsan by H1 2011
| Company | Product | Capacity |
| LG Chem | Ethylene | 760,000 |
| HDPE | 150,000 | |
| LDPE/EVA | 150,000 | |
| LLDPE | 80,000 | |
| MEG | 125,000 | |
| PP | 280,000 | |
| Benzene | 260,000 | |
| Synthetic rubber |
Styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) 100,000; butadiene rubber (BR) 80,000; nitrile rubber (NBR) 50,000 | |
| PVC | 200,000 | |
| Samsung/Total Petrochemicals | Ethylene | 850,000 |
| LDPE/EVA | 110,000 | |
| LLDPE | 126,000 | |
| HDPE | 170,000 | |
| MEG | 120,000 | |
| Propylene (from olefins conversion unit) | 200,000 | |
| PP | 600,000 | |
| SM | 850,000 | |
| PX | 600,000 | |
| BD | 120,000 | |
| Honam Petrochemical | Ethylene | 1m |
| LLDPE | 290,000 | |
| LDPE/EVA | 100,000 | |
| MEG | 640,000 | |
| PP | 550,000 (including new 300,000 plant) | |
| BD | 150,000 | |
| Benzene | 200,000 | |
| Samsung Petrochemical | PTA | 700,000 |
NOTE: Daesan MMA is building a 90,000 tonne/year MMA plant in Daesan, scheduled for completion April 2009
| Company | Product | Capacity |
| LG Chem | Ethylene | 900,000 |
| HDPE | 300,000 | |
| LDPE | 160,000 | |
| Benzene | 220,000 | |
| SM | 500,000 | |
| PVC | 580,000 | |
| BD | 145,000 | |
| Honam Petrochemical | Ethylene | 750,000 |
| HDPE | 370,000 | |
| MEG | 400,000 | |
| PP | 380,000 | |
| PMMA | 40,000 | |
| Benzene | 180,000 | |
| Polymirae | PP | 630,000 |
| Daelim Industrial | HDPELLDPE | 400,000 140,000 |
| Hanwha Chemical | LLDPE | 260,000 |
| LDPE | 165,000 | |
| VCM | 360,000 | |
| PVC | 250,000 | |
| Yeochun Naphtha Cracking Center | Ethylene | 1.8m (three crackers) |
| Benzene | 380,000 | |
| SM | 285,000 | |
| GS Caltex | Propylene (from residual fluid catalytic cracker) | 180,000 |
| PP | 180,000 | |
| Benzene | 770,000 | |
| PX | 1.2m | |
| DC Chemicals | Benzene | 150,000 |
| Samnam Petrochemical | Qualified terephthalic acid (QTA) | 1.4m |
| PTA | 300,000 |
NOTE: Honam Petrochemical plans to build a 90,000
tonne/year MMA plant in Yeosu, start-up scheduled for April
2009
SOURCES: ICIS AND KOREA PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION
(KPIA)
| Company | Product | Capacity |
| Korea Petrochemical Industry | Ethylene | 470,000 |
| S-Oil | Benzene | 240,000 |
| PX | 700,000 |
NOTE: S-Oil plans to add 520,000 tonnes/year of benzene and 1.6m tonnes/year of PX capacity in Onsan in Q2 2011
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