Propylene oxide capacity increases to be led by China

The company’s report, ‘Global Propylene Oxide (PO) Industry Outlook to 2023 – Capacity and Capital Expenditure Forecasts with Details of All Active and Planned Plants’, reveals that China is expected to have a planned and announced PO capacity of 1.52 million tpy by 2023. The new-build projects account for the entire capacity additions in the country.

Sowmya Sivaji, Oil and Gas Analyst at GlobalData, says: “China is expected to add seven planned and announced projects during the outlook period. Among these, ‘CNOOC and Shell Petrochemicals Company Huizhou Propylene Oxide Plant 2’, ‘Wanhua Chemical Yantai Propylene Oxide Plant 2’ and ‘Zibo Qixiang Tengda Chemical Company Zibo Propylene Oxide Plant’ are the largest projects, each with a capacity 300 000 tpy.”

GlobalData identified the US as the second highest country in terms of capacity additions in the global PO industry. The country will add a capacity of 470 000 tpy from a planned project, ‘LyondellBasell Industries Channelview Propylene Oxide Plant 2’, which is expected to start operations in 2021.

South Korea stands third with an upcoming PO capacity of 400 000 tpy by 2023. The entire capacity addition will be from an announced project, ‘SKC Ulsan Propylene Oxide Plant 3’ which is expected to come online in 2021.

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