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  1. Where the olefins and polyolefins markets are headed in 2022

    ... global demand will continue to strengthen, PE capacity will expand more actively while the global average capacity utilisation will drop to 84.7% from 86.3% in 2021. PE capacity additions are expected to hit 9.1 million tonnes (+6.8%) in 2022, with HDPE accounting for about a half of that total. HDPE and LLDPE capacity expansion will outpace demand growth, which will also reduce capacity utilisation. LDPE will have the smallest capacity expansion among all PE types, adding 1.6 million tonnes of ...

  2. Polyethylene from ZapSibNeftekhim: even more premium grades

    ZapSib is set to launch high-density polyethylene production using suspension polymerisation in a move that will further expand its product mix. ZapSibNeftekhim, Russia’s largest petrochemical facility, is about to offer its customers an even larger range of grades of high-density polyethylene, a vital element in the production of many popular products. The construction of an additional activator for chromium-based catalysts involved in the production of polyethylene is drawing to a close at the...

  3. Petrochemicals in facts and figures

    ... February and April). Developments observed in the USA had no impact on China, which experienced the opposite trends, with the spread tightening by 12% quarter-on-quarter and production margins down 4% quarter-on-quarter. In the second quarter, the average HDPE BM price index in China was about USD 1,070 per tonne, and up to USD 1,090 per tonne by early September. The considerable price spread between regions is due to the above-mentioned high cost of logistics and lack of shipping containers....

  4. Petrochemicals: numbers

    ... Polymers are produced using the molecular recycling process. An equally important event took place in Oman, where the plant started operating at full capacity with 440 kt annual output of LLDPE (linear low-density polyethylene), 440 kt annual output of HDPE (high-density polyethylene), and 300 kt annual output of PP (polypropylene). These products are to be supplied to the Asian market. There is news about shifting the deadlines for launching the HDPE capacities expansion project (up to 300 kt annual ...

  5. Plastic in 2021: consumption outlook

    ... momentum in the petrochemical industry persisted between January and September 2020 due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent restrictions. It was during this period that demand for bulk polymers, such as high-density polyethylene (HDPE), linear low-density polyethylene (LDPE) and polypropylene, fell most dramatically. The automotive industry saw the largest fall in polypropylene consumption (a contraction of over 60%). The drop in demand for low-density polyethylene (LDPE), PVC-S,...

  6. SIBUR analytics

    ... continue to come on stream: the United States has seen the launch of Formosa Plastics and Sasol’s LDPE production plants, with a capacity of 400 ktpa and 420 ktpa, respectively. In China, Sinopec Zhongke Zhanjiang Petrochemical launched a 350 ktpa HDPE production project and Wanhua Chemical brought online 350 ktpa of HDPE and 450 ktpa of LLDPE. In Q1 2021, China’s Zhejiang Satellite aims to launch the country’s first ethane pyrolysis plant in Lianyungang, with a capacity of 1.25 mtpa. In preparation ...

  7. A rally on the polymer market

    ... producers of virgin polymers and processors are maintaining the margins of their business. In any case, if we look at the Plastinfo Polymer Index – Basic Thermoplastics, which shows the overall price movements of nine high-tonnage polymers (LDPE, HDPE, LLDPE, PP, PS, HIPS, PVC-S, PET and EPS) in Russia, we can see that prices for standard thermoplastics are at their highest levels in history,” says Alexey Kalachev, an analyst with Finam. Reasons for the price increase The price growth for high-tonnage ...

  8. SIBUR International in China: growing stronger

    ... of rapid growth for SIBUR International’s reputation in the market, and my division did everything it could to provide appropriate technical support,” she says, noting also the diversification of the product range: new grades of high value-added HDPE pipe and new grades of polypropylene were successfully developed and began to sell well in the Chinese market. Merry is positive: “the market outlook is bright – every day is better than the last.” “With the launch of ZapSib, we were able ...