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Survey Editor/News Writer
Capacities as of Jan. 1, 2015
Total
nameplate Typical feedstock or feedstock mixture
capacity, ––––––––––––––––––– on which listed capacity is based, % ––––––––––––––––––
Company Location tonnes/year Ethane Propane Butane Naphtha Gas oil Other

ALGERIA
Sonatrach Skikda 133,000
Total Algeria 133,000

ARGENTINA
Dow Chemical Co. Bahia Blanca (BB1) 275,000 100
Dow Chemical Co. Bahia Blanca (BB2) 490,000 100
Huntsman Corp. San Lorenzo 21,000 25 75
Petrobras Energia Puerto San Martin 32,500 100
Petrobras Energia San Lorenzo 20,000 100
Total Argentina 838,500

AUSTRALIA
Huntsman Chemical Co. Australia Ltd. Melbourne, Vic. 32,000 100
Qenos Pty. Ltd. Altona, Vic. 205,000 90 10
Qenos Pty. Ltd. Botany, NSW 290,000 90 10
Total Australia 527,000

AUSTRIA
OMV AG Schwechat 500,000 15 23 62
Total Austria 500,000

AZERBAIJAN
Azerichimia Sumgait 30,000
Azerichimia Sumgait 300,000
Total Azerbaijan 330,000

BELARUS
Production Association Polymir Novopolotsk 73,000
Production Association Polymir Novopolotsk 120,000
Total Belarus 193,000

BELGIUM
BASF Antwerpen NV Antwerp 1,080,000 6 94
Benelux FAO Antwerp 580,000 16 16 18 50
Benelux FAO Antwerp 570,000 16 16 18 50
Total Belgium 2,230,000

BRAZIL
Braskem SA Camacari, Bahia 600,000 5 95
Braskem SA Camacari, Bahia 680,000 100
Copesul Triunfo, RS 700,000 100
Copesul Triunfo, RS 500,000 100
Petroquimica Uniao SA Santo Andre, Sao Paulo 500,000 100
Rio Polimeros Duque de Caxias 520,000
Total Brazil 3,500,000

BULGARIA
Lukoil Neftochim Bourgas JSC Bourgas 250,000 3.4 10 86.6
Lukoil Neftochim Bourgas JSC Bourgas 150,000 100
Total Bulgaria 400,000

CANADA
Dow Chemical Co. Ft. Sask., Alta. 1,285,000 100
Imperial Oil Products & Chemicals Sarnia, Ont. 300,000 33 33 34
Nova Chemicals Corp. Corunna, Ont. 839,002 25 30 20 25
Nova Chemicals Corp. Joffre, Alta. (E1) 725,624 100
Nova Chemicals Corp. Joffre, Alta. (E2) 816,327 100
Nova Chemicals Corp. Joffre, Alta. (E3) 1,269,841 100
Total Canada 5,235,794

CHINA
BASF-YPC Co. Ltd. Nanjing 600,000
China National Offshore Oil Co. Daya Bay, Guangdong 950,000

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Total
nameplate Typical feedstock or feedstock mixture
capacity, ––––––––––––––––––– on which listed capacity is based, % ––––––––––––––––––
Company Location tonnes/year Ethane Propane Butane Naphtha Gas oil Other

China National Offshore Oil Co. Dushanzi 140,000

China Petrochemical Industrial Corp. Daqing 320,000
Dalian Petrochemical Co. Dalian 4,000
Fujian Petrochemical Co. Ltd. Quanzhou 800,000
Fushun Petrochemical Complex Fushun 115,000
Gaoqiao Petrochemical Co. Gaoqiao 14,000
Guangzhou Petrochemical Co. Guangzhou 150,000
Jilin Chemical Industrial Co. Ltd. Jilin 700,000
Lanzhou Chemical Industrial Co. Lanzhou 700,000
Norinco/Zhenhua Panjin 480,000
Panjin Ethylene Industry Corp. Panjin 130,000
Petrochina Dushanzi 1,000,000
Petrochina Liaoning Province 800,000
Saudi Basic Industries Corp. Tianjin 1,200,000
Sinopec Beijing 660,000 30 70
Sinopec Caojing, Shanghai 145,000 30 70
Sinopec Caojing, Shanghai 700,000 60 40
Sinopec Guangzhou, Guandong 140,000 100
Sinopec Maoming, Guangdong 380,000 100
Sinopec Neijing 650,000 60 40
Sinopec Puyang, Henan 180,000 100
Sinopec Qilu 720,000 80 20
Sinopec Tianjin 200,000 100
Sinopec Tianjin 1,000,000
Sinopec Zhenhai 1,000,000
Total China 13,878,000

CHINA, TAIWAN
Chinese Petroleum Corp. Kaohsiung Linyuan 500,000 100
Chinese Petroleum Corp. Linyuan 720,000 100
Chinese Petroleum Corp. Linyuan 385,000 100
Formosa Petrochemical Corp. Mailiao 700,000 6.8 93.2
Formosa Petrochemical Corp. Mailiao 1,035,000 6.8 0.8 92.4
Formosa Petrochemical Corp. Mailiao 1,200,000 0.6 5.8 93.6
Total China, Taiwan 4,540,000

COLOMBIA
Empresa Colombiana de Petroleos Barrancabermeja 100,000 80 20
Total Colombia 100,000

CROATIA
Polimeri Zagreb 90,000 100
Total Croatia 90,000

CZECH REPUBLIC
Unipetrol Litvinov 544,000 2 6 56 1 Hydrowax-40
Total Czech Republic 544,000

EGYPT
Sidi Kerir Petrochemicals Co. Alexandria 330,000
Total Egypt 330,000

FINLAND
Borealis OY Porvoo 330,000 100
Total Finland 330,000

FRANCE
A. P. Feyzin Feyzin 250,000 100
ExxonMobil Corp. Notre Dame de 400,000 100
Gravenchon
Naphthachimie Lavera 740,000 50 50
Versalis France SAS Dunkerque 370,000 8 16 76
Societe du Craqueur de L' Aubette SCA Berre l'Etang 450,000 12 75 13
Total Petrochemicals Carling-St. Avold- 320,000 100
Marienau

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Total
nameplate Typical feedstock or feedstock mixture
capacity, ––––––––––––––––––– on which listed capacity is based, % ––––––––––––––––––
Company Location tonnes/year Ethane Propane Butane Naphtha Gas oil Other

Total Petrochemicals Gonfreville l'Orcher 520,000 100

Total France 3,050,000

GERMANY
Basell Polyfine GMBH Wesseling 738,000 10 90
Basell Polyfine GMBH Wesseling 305,000 100
BASF AG Ludwigshafen 620,000 5 5 90
BP Gelsenkirchen Gelsenkirchen 576,265 2 12 73 13
BP Gelsenkirchen Gelsenkirchen 484,000 1 1 11 64 23
INEOS Dormagen 550,000 100
INEOS Dormagen 544,000 100
LyondellBasell Munchsmunster 320,000 13 17 17 53
Dow Chemical Co. Bohlen 560,000 100
OMV Deutschland GMBH Burghausen, Bavaria 450,000 2.5 6 6 84 1.5
Shell & DEA Oil GMBH Heide 110,000
Shell & DEA Oil GMBH Wesseling 500,000
Total Germany 5,757,265

GREECE
EKO Chemicals Co. AE Thessaloniki 20,000 65 Ref. gas-35
Total Greece 20,000

HUNGARY
Tiszai Vegyi Kombinat Ltd. Tiszaujvaros 370,000 .01 5 95
Tiszai Vegyi Kombinat Ltd. Tiszaujvaros 290,000 14.4 16.4 65.4 3.8
Total Hungary 660,000

INDIA
Gas Authority of India Ltd. Pata, Uttar Pradesh 300,000
Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd. Haldia, West Bengal 700,000 100
Indian Oil Corp. Ltd. Haryana, New Delhi 800,000
Indian Petrochemicals Corp. Ltd. Baroda, Gujarat 130,000 100
Indian Petrochemicals Corp. Ltd. Gandhar, Gujarat 300,000 35-50 50-65
Indian Petrochemicals Corp. Ltd. Nagothane, Maharashtra 400,000 35-50 50-65
Reliance Industries Ltd. Hazira, Gujarat 790,000 100
Total India 3,420,000

INDONESIA
PT Chandra Asri Cilegon, West Java 600,000
Total Indonesia 600,000

IRAN
Amir Kabir Petrochemical Co. Amir Kabir 520,000 24 4 12 58 2
Arak Petrochemical Arak 247,000 100
Arya Sasol Polymer Co. Assaluyeh Bushehr 1,000,000
Bandar Imam Petrochemical Co. Bandar Imam 311,000 20 3 10 67
Jam Petrochemical Co. Assaluyeh Bushehr 1,320,000
Marun Petrochemical Co. Bandar Assaluyeh 1,200,000
Tabriz Petrochemical Co. Tabriz 136,000 4 8 8 80
Total Iran 4,734,000

IRAQ
Present Status Unknown —
Total Iraq —

ISRAEL
Carmel Olefins Ltd. Haifa 200,000 10 10 80
Total Israel 200,000

ITALY
Versalis SPA Brindisi 440,000 100
Versalis SPA Porto Marghera 490,000 100
Versalis SPA Priolo 490,000 2 1 65 32
Total Italy 1,420,000

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Total
nameplate Typical feedstock or feedstock mixture
capacity, ––––––––––––––––––– on which listed capacity is based, % ––––––––––––––––––
Company Location tonnes/year Ethane Propane Butane Naphtha Gas oil Other

JAPAN
Asahikasei Chemicals Corp. Kurasiki, Okayama 484,000 100
Idemitsu Petrochemical Co. Ltd. Chiba 374,000 2 98
Idemitsu Petrochemical Co. Ltd. Tokuyama 450,000 100
Keiyo Ethylene Ichihara, Chiba 768,000
Maruzen Petrochemicals Chiba 525,000
Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. Kashima (Unit 2) 453,000 10 20 55 NGL-15
Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. Mizushima 540,000 5 5 80 NGL-10
Mitsui Chemicals Inc. Ichihara, Chiba 553,000 10 90
Mitsui Chemicals Inc. Takaishi City, Osaka 450,000
Nippon Petrochemical Kawasaki 450,000
Showa Denko KK Oita 600,000 100
Tonen Chemical Corp. Kawasaki 505,000 100
Tosoh Corp. Yokkaichi 493,000 100
Total Japan 6,645,000

KAZAKHSTAN
Akpo Aktau 100,000
Government Atyrau 30,000
Total Kazakhstan 130,000

KUWAIT
Equate Petrochemical Co. Shuaiba 800,000 100
Equate Petrochemical Co. (Equate II) Shuaiba 850,000
Total Kuwait 1,650,000

LIBYA
National Oil Co. Ras Lanuf 350,000
Total Libya 350,000

MALAYSIA
Ethylene Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. Kertih 400,000 100
Optimal Olefins Sdn. Bhd. Kertih 600,000 100
Titan Petrochemicals Sdn. Bhd. Pasir Gudang, Johor 287,000 10 10 80
Titan Petrochemicals Sdn. Bhd. Pasir Gudang, Johor 436,000 10 10 80
Total Malaysia 1,723,000

MEXICO
Petroleos Mexicanos La Cangrejera, Veracruz 600,000 100
Petroleos Mexicanos Morelos, Veracruz 600,000 100
Petroleos Mexicanos Pajaritos, Veracruz 184,000 100
Total Mexico 1,384,000

NETHERLANDS
Dow Chemical Co. Terneuzen (No. 1) 580,000 15 85
Dow Chemical Co. Terneuzen (No. 2) 585,000 15 85
Dow Chemical Co. Terneuzen (No. 3) 635,000 100
SABIC Europe Geleen (No. 3) 595,000 100
SABIC Europe Geleen (No. 4) 670,000 100
Shell Nederland Chemie BV Moerdijk 972,000
Total Netherlands 4,037,000

NIGERIA
Eleme Petrochemical Co. Ltd. Eleme River 300,000 NGL
Total Nigeria 300,000

NORTH KOREA
Namhung Youth Chemical Complex Anju, South P'yong'an 60,000
Province
Total North Korea 60,000

NORWAY
Noretyl AS Rafnes, Bamble 550,000 30 45 25
Total Norway 550,000

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Total
nameplate Typical feedstock or feedstock mixture
capacity, ––––––––––––––––––– on which listed capacity is based, % ––––––––––––––––––
Company Location tonnes/year Ethane Propane Butane Naphtha Gas oil Other

PHILIPPINES
JG Summit Petrochemical Batangas 320,000 100
Total Philippines 320,000

POLAND
PKN Orlen SA Plock 700,000 5 5 90
Total Poland 700,000

PORTUGAL
Repsol SA Sines 330,000 100
Total Portugal 330,000

QATAR
Qatar Petrochemical Co. Mesaieed 720,000 100
Q-Chem I Mesaieed 500,000 80 20
Ras Laffan Olefins Co. Ras Laffan 1,300,000
Total Qatar 2,520,000

ROMANIA
Petrom SA Pitesti 200,000 19.5 8.5 23.7 48.4
Petromidia SA Navodari 200,000
Petromidia SA Constanta 224,000 10.7 5.0 54.7 Kero.-29.6
Petrotel SA Teleajen 220,000
Total Romania 844,000

RUSSIA
Angarskneftorgsintez Angarsk, Siberia 60,000 5.2 89.2 5.6
Angarskneftorgsintez Angarsk, Siberia 240,000 5.2 89.2 5.6
Lukoil Budennovsk 350,000
Nizhnekamskneftekhim Nizhnekamsk 450,000
Norsy 300,000 100
Omskykauchuyk Omsk, Siberia 90,000
Orgsintez Kazan 140,000
Orgsintez Kazan 100,000
Orgsintez Kazan 100,000
Oxosyntez Orsk 45,000
Polimir 150,000 100
Salavatneftorgsintez Salavat 300,000
Sibur Himprom 30,000
Sibur-Neftechim Nizhny Novgorod 300,000 20 80
Sintezkauchuk 300,000
Tomsk PCC Tomsk 300,000
Uraorgsintes Ufa 235,000
Total Russia 3,490,000

SAUDI ARABIA
Al Jubail Petrochemical Co. Jubail 800,000 50 50
Arabian Petrochemical Co. Jubail 800,000 100
Arabian Petrochemical Co. Jubail 800,000 50 50
Arabian Petrochemical Co. Jubail 650,000 100
Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LP Jubail 205,000
Eastern Petrochemical Co. Jubail 1,300,000
Jubail United Petrochemical Co. Jubail 1,000,000
Saudi Basic Industries Corp. Yanbu 1,300,000
Saudi Kayan Petrochemical Co. Jubail 1,350,000
Saudi Petrochemical Co. Jubail 1,045,000 100
Saudi Polymers Jubail 1,200,000
Tasnee Jubail 1,000,000
Yanbu Petrochemical Co. Yanbu 875,000 100
Yanbu Petrochemical Co. Yanbu 830,000 16 16 18 50
Total Saudi Arabia 13,155,000

SERBIA
HIP-Petrohemija Pancevo 200,000
Total Serbia 200,000

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Total
nameplate Typical feedstock or feedstock mixture
capacity, ––––––––––––––––––– on which listed capacity is based, % ––––––––––––––––––
Company Location tonnes/year Ethane Propane Butane Naphtha Gas oil Other

SINGAPORE
ExxonMobil Chemical Co. Jurong Island 900,000 33 33 Residue-34
ExxonMobil Chemical Co. Jurong Island 1,000,000
Petrochemical Corp. of Singapore Pte. Ltd.Pulau Ayer Merbau 465,000 100
Petrochemical Corp. of Singapore Pte. Ltd.Pulau Ayer Merbau 615,000 100
Shell Eastern Petroleum Ltd. Bukom Island 1,000,000
Total Singapore 3,980,000

SLOVAKIA
Slovnaft AS Bratislava 220,000 8.3 13.5 78.2
Total Slovakia 220,000

SOUTH AFRICA
Sasol Polymers Sasolburg 110,000 80 20
Sasol Polymers Secunda 475,000 75 5 20
Total South Africa 585,000

SOUTH KOREA
Honam Petrochemical Yeochun 700,000 100
Korea Petrochemical Industries Co. Ltd. Onsan 320,000 100
LG Daesan Petrochemical Daesan 450,000 100
LG Petrochemical Co. Ltd. Yeochun 760,000 100
Lotte Daesan Petrochemical Daesan 600,000 100
Samsung General Chemicals Daesan 820,000 100
SK Corp. Ulsan 545,000 100
SK Corp. Ulsan 185,000 100
Yeochon Yeochun 480,000 100
Yeochon Yeochun 420,000 100
Yeochon Yeochun 350,000 100
Total South Korea 5,630,000

SPAIN
Dow Chemical Co. Tarragona 580,000 100
Repsol SA Puertollano 100,000 Ref. streams
Repsol SA Tarragona 600,000
Total Spain 1,280,000

SWEDEN
Borealis AB Stenungsund 625,000 40 20 40
Total Sweden 625,000

SWITZERLAND
Lonza Ltd. Visp 33,000 30 60 10
Total Switzerland 33,000

THAILAND
Map Ta Phut Olefins Co. Map Ta Phut, Rayong 900,000 100
Rayong Olefins Ltd. Map Ta Phut, Rayong 800,000 LPG-60
PTT Global Chemical Map Ta Phut, Rayong 437,000 80 6 LPG-14
PTT Global Chemical Map Ta Phut, Rayong 385,000 5 18 28 49
PTT Global Chemical Map Ta Phut, Rayong 350,000 100
PTT Global Chemical Map Ta Phut, Rayong 300,000
IRPC Public Co. Cherng Nern 360,000 90 Ref. gas-10
Total Thailand 3,532,000

TURKEY
Petkim Petrochemicals Holding Co. Aliaga, Izmir 588,000 100
Total Turkey 588,000

UKRAINE
Chlorvinyl Kalush 250,000 100
Oriana 180,000
TNK-BP Lisichansk 200,000 100
Total Ukraine 630,000

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Total
nameplate Typical feedstock or feedstock mixture
capacity, ––––––––––––––––––– on which listed capacity is based, % ––––––––––––––––––
Company Location tonnes/year Ethane Propane Butane Naphtha Gas oil Other

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Borouge Abu Dhabi Polymers Co. Ltd. Ruwais, Abu Dhabi 600,000 100
Borouge Abu Dhabi Polymers Co. Ltd. Ruwais, Abu Dhabi 1,450,000 100
Borouge Abu Dhabi Polymers Co. Ltd. Ruwais, Abu Dhabi 1,500,000 100
Total UAE 3,550,000

UNITED KINGDOM
INEOS Grangemouth 730,000 100
ExxonMobil Chemical Co. Mossmorran Fife 400,000 100
SABIC Europe Wilton 865,000 20 10 70
Total United Kingdom 1,995,000

UNITED STATES
BASF Fina Petrochemicals Port Arthur, Tex. 860,000 100
Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LP Cedar Bayou,Tex. 835,000 30 20 25 25
Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LP Port Arthur,Tex. 855,000 80 15 5
Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LP Sweeny,Tex. 1,950,113
Dow Chemical Co. Freeport (LHC 7),Tex. 630,000 50 50
Dow Chemical Co. Freeport (LHC 8),Tex. 1,010,000 10 20 70
Dow Chemical Co. Plaquemine (LHC 2),La. 520,000 75 25
Dow Chemical Co. Plaquemine (LHC 3),La. 740,000 70 10 20
Dow Chemical Co. Taft 1,La. 590,000 20 40 40
Dow Chemical Co. Taft 2,La. 410,000
DuPont Orange,Tex. 680,000 100
Eastman Chemical Co. Longview,Tex. 781,000 25 67 7 1
Equistar Chemicals LP (LyondellBasell) Channelview,Tex. 875,000 5 95
Equistar Chemicals LP (LyondellBasell) Channelview,Tex. 875,000 5 95
Equistar Chemicals LP (LyondellBasell) Clinton,Iowa 476,000 80 20
Equistar Chemicals LP (LyondellBasell) Corpus Christi,Tex. 771,000 10 30 60
Equistar Chemicals LP (LyondellBasell) LaPorte,Tex. 1,189,000 60 20 20
Equistar Chemicals LP (LyondellBasell) Morris,Ill. 550,000 80 20
ExxonMobil Chemical Co. Baton Rouge,La. 1,000,000 9 8 8 25 25 Residue-25
ExxonMobil Chemical Co. Baytown,Tex. 2,200,000 58 8 9 25
ExxonMobil Chemical Co. Beaumont,Tex. 900,000 8 8 9 75
Flint Hills Corp. Port Arthur,Tex. 634,921 60 LPG-40
Formosa Plastics Corp. USA Point Comfort,Tex. 816,000 45 15 40
Formosa Plastics Corp. USA Point Comfort,Tex. 725,000 45 15 40
Huntsman Corp. Port Neches,Tex. 180,000
INEOS Olefins and Polymers USA Chocolate Bayou,Tex. 1,752,000 50 35 15
Javelina Co. Corpus Christi,Tex. 151,000 Ref. Gas-100
Sasol North America Inc. Lake Charles,La. 471,655 100
Shell Chemicals Ltd. Deer Park,Tex. 1,179,138
Shell Chemicals Ltd. Norco,La. 1,451,247 5 35 60
Westlake Petrochemicals Corp. Calvert CityKy. 285,714 100
Westlake Petrochemicals Corp. Sulphur #1,La. 567,000 100
Westlake Petrochemicals Corp. Sulphur #2,La. 630,844 70 30
Williams Olefins Geismar,La. 884,354 92 8
Total United States 28,425,987

UZBEKISTAN
Uzbekneftegaz Shurtan 140,000
Total Uzbekistan 140,000

VENEZUELA
Pequiven-Petroquimica de Venezuela SA El Tablazo, Zulia 250,000 30 70
Pequiven-Petroquimica de Venezuela SA El Tablazo, Zulia 350,000 100
Total Venezuela 600,000

TOTAL WORLD 143,762,545

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