Tag: styrene monomer

Atofina boosts styrene capacity

Atofina says it plans to boost capacity at its Cos-Mar styrene monomer facility at Carville, LA, a joint venture with GE Petrochemicals, from 900,000 tons/year to 1.15 million tons/year.

Petrochemical award for Technip

Technip-Coflexip has been awarded by CNOOC and Shell Petrochemicals Company Ltd an EPC contract for a SM/PO and MPG/Polyols complex at Huizhou, Guandong Province, in southern China.

Korea LG to boost styrene capacity

South Korea’s LG Chemical plans to boost its styrene monomer capacity at Yeochon by 100,000 metric tons (mt) per year around November 2003.

Nanhai petrochemical project

Major construction work is expected to start in early 2003 on the Nanhai Petrochemical complex, which is located on Daya Bay near Hong Kong.