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Argentina Petrobras Energia Buys Ethylene Plant from ICI
Repsol YPF sells Argentina PP JV stake to Basell for $58-mil
Argentina PVC maker Solvay Indupa buys Brazilian HDPE producer
コロンビア
ペルー
Petroperu says looking to partner with Reliance on oil, petchems
SK Energy eyes investments in Peru, in talks on petchem project
Braskem, Petroperu to Sign Petrochemical Letter
Braskem, Petrobras and PetroPeru sign agreement to study an integrated petrochemical project in Peru
ベネズエラ
Venezuela approves $3.3-bil in funding for petrochemical projects
Venezuela removes ExxonMobil from $3-bil Jose petchem JV:Pequiven
China and Venezuela could build petrochemical plant at Paraguana
ブラジル/ベネズエラ
Pequiven signs MoU with Braskem for polyolefins, fertilizers
Braskem, Pequiven sign joint ventures to develop Jose complex
Construction of Pequiven-Braskem olefins plant to begin in 2009
Braskem, PDVSA planning 1.2-million mt/yr Venezuela cracker
Braskem in talks with third parties on Venezuela olefins project
ブラジル 各社
Petrobras, partners to build $490-mil PTA plant in NE Brazil
Petrobras says new Rio petchem complex, refinery to cost $3.5-bil
Basell とのJVのPolibrasil を100%子会社化
Riopol、Petroflex、Politeno
Polibrasil interested in US$160mn Petrobras PP JV
Petrobras Says It Will Operate Proposed Border PC Complex
M&G, Petrobras consider building $800-mil JV PET plant in Brazil
Chevron Phillips Licenses Its PE Technology to Polietilenos Uniao S.A.
Reichhold Acquires Brazilian Resin Manufacturer IBR
Brazil's Innova to double styrene output at Triunfo
Brazil eyes rapid ethanol exports boost, Petrobras eyes pipeline
Petrobras planning $500-mil ethanol pipeline network by 2008
Solvay Indupa launches ambitious plan to expand and upgrade vinyls production in Brazil
DJ Brazil Braskem Studies Ethanol As Base For Plastics
Petrobras, Ultra Group and Braskem conclude deal to purchase Ipiranga Group
Braskem has the first certified green Polyethylene in the World
Brazil's Petrobras says to buy Suzano petrochem firm
Braskem to boost stake in synthetic rubber-maker Petroflex
Petrobras reaffirms partnership in Peru
Petrobras, Unipar Plan New Brazilian Chemical Company
Petrobras restructures its investments in petrochemicals
Petrobas In Talks To Acquire Remaining 50 Percent Stake In Texas Refinery
China's Sinopec signs Brazil pipeline construction deal with Petrobras
Braskem Announces the Conclusion of the Acquisition of Ipiranga Group Petrochemical Assets
Braskem achieves new technological advance for production of green polymers
Petrobas president details Brazilian expansion plans for PE, PP and PET
Braskem Starts Up New Plant for the Production of 350,000 Tons of Polypropylene in Paulinia
Braskem, Petroperu to Sign Petrochemical Letter
Braskem, Petrobras and PetroPeru sign agreement to study an integrated petrochemical project in Peru
Braskem to produce green plastic at the Triunfo Complex
Brazil Expands Investment in Offshore Drilling Projects
Braskem: Acquisition of Petroquímica Triunfo
Braskem and Novozymes to make green PP
Braskem to acquire naphtha made from post-consumption recycled plastic
メキシコーブラジル
メキシコ
2008/2/23 メキシコ政府、第二のPhoenix project 開始
Mexico's Grupo Carso sells PVC unit Primex to rival Mexichem
ICA Fluor awarded $108 MM US contract by Indelpro to build a PP plant in Mexico
東欧
Hungary BorsodChem to test VCM plant, negotiates ethylene supply
Permira investment fund may take majority in Hungary's BorsodChem
Hungarian chemicals company BorsodChem to sell its PVC business
Polish Dwory buys Czech producer Kaucuk for $267 million
PKN ORLEN begins construction of the PTA Plant
南アフリカ
August 5, 2005 British Plastics & Rubber
Basell's Spheripol PP process
Polibrasil plans to increase the capacity of its plant in Maua', state of Sa^o Paulo, Brazil, in two stages. The first phase, scheduled for completion in early 2007, will increase the plant's capacity from 240,000 to 360,000 tonnes; the second phase, scheduled for completion by 2008, will increase capacity to 450,000 tonnes.
Platts 2006/1/20
Venezuela approves $3.3-bil in funding for petrochemical projects
Venezuela has approved funds totaling more than $3.3-bil for the
construction of half a dozen new petrochemical plants, part of a
medium term plan to double output in the sector, President Hugo
Chavez said Friday.
計画 当事者 立地 投資額 propylene El Tablazo $350-mil PP $125-mil PE 拡張 Pequiven El Tablazo $185-mil ethylene 1,050 m t/y Jose $1,596-mil PE 1,050 m t/y fertilizer plant Moron $150-mil fertilizer plant Jose $550-mil ammonium nitrate plant Jose $355-mil
Pequiven /ExxonMobil JV （Jose）取り止め
Venezuela removes
ExxonMobil from $3-bil Jose petchem JV:Pequiven
Venezuela's state petrochemical company Pequiven has ended its
agreement with US major ExxonMobil to construct a $3-bil olefins
plant at Jose, a company source said Tuesday.
ExxonMobil has been at odds with Venezuela's left-wing government
ever since taxes were raised on its Cerro Negro extra heavy oil
upgrading plant. Last year, ExxonMobil was the only foreign oil
company in Venezuela that refused to convert its operating
contract into a joint venture with state oil company PDVSA,
preferring instead to sell its share to Spain's Repsol YPF.
Brazil's Innova to double
styrene output at Triunfo
Brazilian styrene and polystyrene producer Innova was planning to
undertake a two-year, $168-mil expansion at its Triunfo plant in
southern Brazil, aiming to double production capacity to 500,000 mt/yr
Platts 2006/3/6
Petrobras, Braskem seek to build joint PTA plant in Bahia
Brazilian oil-giant Petrobras and Latin America's largest
resins maker Braskem are negotiating a partnership for
a new $350-mil purified terephthalic
acid plant in
Brazil's northeastern state in Bahia, according to a report in
Monday's Valor Economico daily. The plant could produce 500,000 mt/year by 2011.
The PTA plant would feed a planned expansion in PET
production by Braskem,
the central player at the Bahia-based Camacari petrochemicals
complex, the report said, citing Petrobras's supply director
Paulo Roberto Costa and a Braskem executive, Alexandrino Alencar.
Currently, Braskem produces 80,000 mt/year of PET at Camacari,
using dimethyl terephthalate feedstock.
Platts 2006/3/8
Argentina PVC maker Solvay Indupa buys Brazilian HDPE producer
In a statement, Indupa, a unit of Belgium's Solvay
Group, said
it is financing the purchase of Santo Andre-based
Solvay Polietileno out
of its own resources. It is buying the company from its Brazilian
subsidiary Solvay Indupa do Brasil. Indupa said it plans to cut
Solvay Polietileno's HDPE output at its 60,000 mt/yr plant in
Santo Andre to 20,000-30,000 mt/yr, making it possible to use more of the
ethylene for making PVC at Solvay Indupa do Brasil's 236,000
mt/yr PVC facility, also in Santo Andre.
Argentina PVC maker Indupa injects $15-mil into Brazilian unit
Argentina's Solvay Indupa has made a $15 million capital injection into Solvay Indupa do Brasil, the company said Wednesday.
Last year Indupa made capital injections of $25 million and $7 million respectively into the Brazilian subsidiary so it could meet growth goals, pay down debt and expand the production capacity of its 236,000 mt/year PVC plant at Santo Andre.
Petrobras says new Rio
petchem complex, refinery to cost $3.5-bil
Petrobras said the first stage of the refinery and petrochemical
project will involve building associated plants with capacity to
produce 1.3 million mt/year of ethylene,
900,000 mt/year of propylene, 360,000 mt/year of benzene, and
700,000 mt/year of p-xylene, coke and fuels.
Platts 2006/4/12
Petrobras, partners to build $490-mil PTA plant in NE Brazil
Petrobras petrochemicals arm Petroquisa, along with partners from
Citene holding (Vicunha Textil, Polyenka and FIT), said late
Tuesday they plan to spend $490 million to build a purified
terephthalic acid plant at Pernambuco state in northeast Brazil.
Petroquisa said in a statement made to the Sao Paulo Stock
Exchange, that the plant will produce 550,000 mt/year of
PTA with
start-up planned for 2009. Petroquisa said the venture would be a
50:50
partnership between itself and Citene and apparently not Italian
petrochemicals giant M&G, which is building one of the
world's largest PET plants nearby and had earlier expressed
interest in joining in the project to produce the required PTA
feedstock.
Braskem, PDVSA planning
1.2-million mt/yr Venezuela cracker
Braskem SA, Latin America's largest plastic resins maker, said it
plans to team with Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA to build a
natural gas-fired cracker to produce about 1.2 million
mt/year of ethylene,
in an investment worth $1.5-2.5 billion.
Permira investment fund may take majority in Hungary's BorsodChem
Luxembourg's
Kikkolux has signed an option agreement on July 6 to acquire up
to a 47.99% stake in Hungarian chemicals producer BorsodChem,
Kikkolux said in a statement on Monday. This would represent a 52.05% voting
stake
in the company.
In its letter Kikkolux expressed its intention to launch a public takeover
offer
to acquire the outstanding shares in BorsodChem subject to the
satisfactory completion of a full scale due diligence of
BorsodChem and the availability of financing.
Platts 2006/9/5
Permira subsidiary to go ahead with Hungary's BorsodChem takeover
BorsodChem is central Europe's largest producer of PVC and isocyanates. The company would be looking to boost TDI output from the current 80,000 mt/year to 260,000 mt/year, and MDI from 140,000 kt/year to 360,000 kt/year, by 2012. In addition, the company has invested in a new membrane-cell electrolysis plant with 120,000 mt/yr capacity (test production on first 80,000 mt was done in April, another 40,000 mt in October 2006), and was in the process of expansion of PVC capacity from 365,000 mt to 400,000 mt/yr (test in September). Total capital expenditure in 2006 would reach around Forint 25 billion, the company said earlier.
China and Venezuela could build petrochemical plant at Paraguana
China and Venezuela could
build a petrochemical plant together at Venezuela's Paraguana
refining complex, Pequiven president Saul Ameliach said Wednesday
in a press statement.
According to an agreement that Ameliach plans to sign with China,
both Pequiven and Chinese petrochemical company NPC(PetroChina)
would invest in the plant, Ameliach said. "China has made
great advances in the area of petrochemical refining,"
Ameliach said in the statement.
日本経済新聞 2006/8/25
ベネズエラと中国 石油中心に関係強化 首脳会談で合意 政経で協力拡大
中国の胡錦濤国家主席は２４日、北京訪問中のベネズエラのチャベス大統領と人民大会堂で会談し、政治、経済など多方面での協力拡大で合意した。中国中央テレビが伝えた。中国は世界有数の産油国であるベネズエラとの関係強化で石油の安定確保を目指す。反米派のチャベス大統領と協調を図り、米一極主義をけん制する狙いもある。
2006/9/19 Dow
Jones
DJ Brazil Braskem
Studies Ethanol As Base For Plastics
http://www.theplasticsexchange.com/Public/News_Template.aspx?Buffer=&Id=902
Brazil's largest
petrochemicals company Braskem is studying the possibility of
producing plastics from a base of ethanol instead of petroleum, in order to
prepare for a prolonged stint of steep oil prices in the future,
a company spokesman said Tuesday.
Last month,
representatives of U.S. engineering company Scientech
Inc. and Indian polyester giant JBF Industries visited Brazil - the world's top
sugar and ethanol exporter - in order to assess the construction
of a possible $200 million plastics and polyester plant in Sao
Paulo, also using ethanol as a base.
The technology for
making plastics from ethanol has already existed in Brazil for a
couple of decades, say local scientists.
Platts 2007/8/30
Chavez unveils PVC plant at Guacara, Carabobo
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez unveiled "Petro Casa,"
a plant in Guacara, Carabobo state, that manufactures PVC kits
used to assemble 18,000 houses each year, a venture of state
petrochemical company Pequiven, during a speech.
The factory uses some 30,000 tons a year to make the 18,000 kits,
he detailed. The whole house, foundations, service fixtures and
all, can be assembled in eight days or less.
Even the cement used to fill the house's panels is manufactured
by Pequiven from some 80 million tons in by products that
resulted from fertilizers' manufacturing. "(About) 80% of
those residues can be made into cement," Pequiven president
Saul Ameliach said.
The "Petrocemento" will be sold to the general public
for about 2,500 Bolivares (around $1 at the official exchange
rate) a 42.5-kilo bag, much less than the 16,000 Bolivares a sack
commanded by Portland-type cement.
2007/07/28 Mathaba News Network
National Executive boosts PVC housing production
The National Executive expects to increase productive capacity of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) housing in order to generate 100 thousand houses of this material in one year, the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez Frias, said.
During the opening act of the Petrochemical Corporation of Venezuela (Petrocasa), in Carabobo State, Chavez talked about the need of building a company with similar characteristics in the South of the country.
It is part of the new national strategy: to stretch the arms, to carry development capacity nationwide, he pointed out.
Chavez stated that the construction of houses with PVC is favored by the existence of wide gas reserves, like those in the Orinoco’s Oil Belt, because this material is a hydrocarbon derivative.
It is a house that will last 100 years. It is a strong house. It costs 50% less than market prices, he underscored.
He also mentioned other possibilities to use the PVC in infrastructures like buildings and schools, due to the ease offered by this material and the thermal isolation, allowing to keep fresh the spaces.
Moreover, Chavez announced the construction of eight housing complex in Carabobo, in which have been invested Bs. 173 billion (about US$ 80 million).
It has to arrive the day when there will not be a single shack in Venezuela. Decent people have to have decent houses, he said.
September 19, 2003 Solvin
Thailand - Houses built nearly entirely with PVC
Located in the Nakornpatom Province, at 50 Km west of Bangkok, in the central part of Thailand, a PVC house has been erected by the People Co., Ltd Company, a producer of rigid PVC and PVC wood composites.
With the exception of the steel and concrete structure of pillars and floor, this two story building (6 meters high, 30 x 15 meters on the ground) is completely made of PVC and PVC composites.
Rigid PVC is used for the doors and window frames. A PVC wood composite replaces standard wood applications: cornice, cove, inner partition, cladding, façade, wood sidings, wall skirt, parquet floor, ceiling material and the inside furniture.
The PVC house has been made for office and residential purposes, but is also used as a show case of the multiple uses of PVC in a building.
It is perfectly representative of the traditional Thai style, where most of the houses are made of wood. Combining the appearance of wood with the qualities of PVC is particularly well-advised under this climate conditions. For example, the cornice will be valuable and beautiful forever as it is durable, termite and water resistant, light weight, and easy to install by carpenters. It can be already delivered in the right color, not requiring any painting.
Moreover, its heat resistance to the outside temperature is 30% higher than concrete wall.
Petroperu says looking to partner with Reliance on oil, petchems
Peruvian state oil
company Petroperu and India's Reliance
Industries have
signed a memorandum of understanding to explore possible
cooperation in exploration, extraction, refining and
petrochemicals production activities in Peru, the president of Petroperu Cesar
Gutierrez told Platts Thursday.
He said that the companies may participate in efforts to extract heavy
crude oil in Barrett's block 67 in the northeastern Peruvian
jungle.
As for refining, Gutierrez said that Reliance was also interested
in the plans to revamp Peru's 62,500 b/d Petroperu's
Talara refinery
to process heavier crudes from the Peruvian jungle that are
currently exported. The plans also call for expanding the
refinery to 100,000 b/d of capacity. .
Gutierrez said that Reliance and Petroperu will also look at joint
petrochemical projects, but on a longer term horizon. Petroperu already
has a partnership with Brazilian state controlled oil company
Petrobras
for the possible development of a petrochemical complex based on
methane, he said.
The agreement with Reliance is to explore petrochemical projects based on ethane, he added.
Petrobras reaffirms partnership in Peru
The partnership signed by Petrobras, Peruvian state owned company Petroperu, and Perupetro (the sector’s promoter and regulator in Peru) last September, has been extended for one more year seeking to promote new investments in Peru.
The companies committed to undertake studies to promote and facilitate investments in hydrocarbon exploration, production, transportation, refining and distribution in Peru. The studies are being coordinated by a negotiation committee composed of representatives of the parts. Possible projects to be executed must be previously approved by Petrobras’ Senior Administration and by Petroperu’s Board of Directors.
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