【HaiChuan Chemical Project Updates】Upgrading Project for the ABS Plant at Shanghai Gaoqiao Petrochemical
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Project Name: Upgrade and Renovation Project of the ABS Plant at Sinopec Shanghai Gaokiao Petrochemical Co., Ltd.Owner of the Project: Sinopec Shanghai Gaokiao Petrochemical Co., Ltd.
Project Type: Renovation and expansion
Construction Location: Within the existing Gaokiao Petrochemical plant site, No. 10 Bogong Road, Shanghai Chemical Industry Park
Construction Plan: Construction to begin in May 2023, with completion expected by January 2024. Production scale and product portfolio: Takahashi Petrochemical currently has 3 ABS production lines, with each line having a production capacity of 75,000 tons per year. The combined design production capacity of these 3 lines is 225,000 tons per year. Considering the market demand at that time, the approved production volume for these 3 lines during the environmental impact assessment was 200,000 tons per year. This time, a new 4# production line is planned to be added, with the production capacity of the 4# line remaining at 75,000 tons per year. At the same time, increase the approved production capacity of the existing 3 production lines to the plant’s designed production capacity. Upon the implementation of this project, the ABS production capacity of the entire plant will reach 300,000 tons per year. The specific product options for the ABS device area are shown in the table below. Production process: The new production line added this time uses the same production process as the existing ones, namely the bulk method for producing ABS.
The Kaohsiung Petrochemical Kaojing plant already has a 200,000 t/a phenol propylene unit, a 100,000 t/a styrene-butadiene rubber unit, and a 200,000 t/a ABS unit. Based on its analysis of the ABS product market and its assessment of the production facilities on site, Takahashi Petrochemical plans to increase the capacity for ABS products to 300,000 tons per year. The existing ABS facility has 3 production lines, which utilize the ABS production technology provided by the American company DOW Chemical – a relatively advanced technology. This project plans to use the same production technology to set up another ABS production line (the 4th production line). At the same time, the existing ABS production capacity will be increased by extending the effective production time, so as to reach the facility’s designed production capacity. The full-capacity production volume for each production line is 75,000 tons per year; thus, the total production capacity of the four production lines once they are in operation will be 300,000 tons per year. The total investment for this project is approximately 778.52 million yuan, of which the amount invested in environmental protection measures is about 4.147 million yuan, accounting for 0.53% of the total project construction cost. The construction period is 8 months, with work expected to begin in May 2023 and be completed by January 2024.