China's Tianjin Dagu is expected to delay test runs at the company's first 200,000 mt/year acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene project at Tianjin from mid-August to the first half of September, a company source said Friday.
The latest schedule indicates that commercial ABS cargoes now will be available only from early October, instead of end September as initially planned, the source added.
The company originally planned to build the ABS plant with two 200,000mt/year lines at the same location by the fourth quarter of 2009, but delays with the company's initial 500,000 mt/year styrene monomer plant pushed the construction schedule back almost a year.
Startup of the second 200,000 mt/year ABS line remains scheduled for the second half of 2011.
Styrene monomer, which comprises 60% of ABS, will be supplied from Tianjin Dagu's existing 500,000 mt/year plant, while butadiene will be supplied by Sinopec Sabic Tianjin Petrochemical. Acrylonitrile, which comprises 25% of ABS feedstock, will be sourced from both domestic and international markets.
In addition to sourcing acrylonitrile from Shanghai Secco Petrochemical, discussions are ongoing with China Petrochemical Development, South Korea's
Taekwang Industrial, Japan's Asahi Kasei and US-headquartered Ineos Nitriles.
It's estimated that running the ABS plant run at maximum nameplate capacity would require up to 50,000 mt/year of ACN, 30,000 mt/year of butadiene and 120,000 mt/year of SM.
Tianjin Dagu awarded the contract for the ABS plants to US-based Shaw Group in January 2008.
Shaw's agreement with Sabic Innovative Plastics Technologies Inc. -- formerly GE Plastics Global Technology LLP -- will enable Tianjin Dagu to use licensed styrenic emulsion ABS technology.
The latest schedule indicates that commercial ABS cargoes now will be available only from early October, instead of end September as initially planned, the source added.
The company originally planned to build the ABS plant with two 200,000mt/year lines at the same location by the fourth quarter of 2009, but delays with the company's initial 500,000 mt/year styrene monomer plant pushed the construction schedule back almost a year.
Startup of the second 200,000 mt/year ABS line remains scheduled for the second half of 2011.
Styrene monomer, which comprises 60% of ABS, will be supplied from Tianjin Dagu's existing 500,000 mt/year plant, while butadiene will be supplied by Sinopec Sabic Tianjin Petrochemical. Acrylonitrile, which comprises 25% of ABS feedstock, will be sourced from both domestic and international markets.
In addition to sourcing acrylonitrile from Shanghai Secco Petrochemical, discussions are ongoing with China Petrochemical Development, South Korea's
Taekwang Industrial, Japan's Asahi Kasei and US-headquartered Ineos Nitriles.
It's estimated that running the ABS plant run at maximum nameplate capacity would require up to 50,000 mt/year of ACN, 30,000 mt/year of butadiene and 120,000 mt/year of SM.
Tianjin Dagu awarded the contract for the ABS plants to US-based Shaw Group in January 2008.
Shaw's agreement with Sabic Innovative Plastics Technologies Inc. -- formerly GE Plastics Global Technology LLP -- will enable Tianjin Dagu to use licensed styrenic emulsion ABS technology.
