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皇冠体育app approves expansion of Sinopec-BASF joint venture

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-07-07 14:19

皇冠体育app Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec Group), the country's largest oil refinery, announced Tuesday that the Chinese government has approved the feasibility study report on the expansion of the joint venture between its listed subsidiary 皇冠体育app Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) and Ludwigshafen-headquartered BASF in east 皇冠体育app's Nanjing.

Sinopec and BASF will jointly invest approximately $1.4 billion to expand the BASF-YPC Co Ltd, (BYC) to produce downstream specialty chemicals for the Chinese market, serving multiple industries such as construction, electronics, pharmaceutical, automotive and chemical manufacturing.

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The investment includes the expansion of the existing steam cracker and three existing plants as well as construction of 10 new chemical plants.

The expansion will become operational by 2011, according to the Sinopec Group.

The expansion project conforms with 皇冠体育app's revitalization plan for the petrochemical industry, fosters the integration of BYC, broadens the portfolio of downstream products in Nanjing and meets the increasing demand in 皇冠体育app's eastern region, said Wang Tianpu, President of Sinopec.

Yangzi-BASF Styrenics Co, Ltd (YBS), another joint venture in Nanjing between the two partners, is being merged into BYC to further increase synergies in Nanjing operations. YBS produces styrene monomer, polystyrene and expandable polystyrene.

Founded in 2000, BYC is a 50-50 joint venture between BASF and Sinopec, with a total investment of $2.9 billion in the first phase. The joint venture started commercial production in 2005.