Repsol to enhance production at Sines Petrochem complex

28 Jul '06

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Repsol YPF invests over Eur 600 million to double production at its Petrochemical complex in Portugal.

The Sines complex among the most advanced in Europe
- Three new plants to be built and cracker capacity to be increased by more than 40 percent.
- The complex will have a production capacity of one million tonnes of olefins and another million tonnes of polyolefins.
- Over 1,500 jobs will be created in the construction phase of the new facilities.
- Sines will enhance its added value by using all current production as feedstock for the new polyolefin plants.
- Repsol YPF consolidates growth in its natural markets in the Iberian Peninsula and Southern Europe and complements its product portfolio.

This project contemplates the construction of three new plants, including a power station and two plants for the production of new plastic products (linear polyethylene and polypropylene) at the current installations, as well as increasing the capacity of the cracker currently in operation by more than 40% to 570,000 tonnes/year.

Current production at the complex will increase twofold, boosting oleofin production to nearly one million tonnes and polyolefin production to a similar amount.

This investment will accomplish full integration of feedstock consumption (ethylene, propylene) at the Sines Complex, and optimise costs, as well as complement the product portfolio and increase production of higher added value products.

As a result of all of this, the Sines Complex will increase its efficiency, making it one of the most technologically advanced of its kind in the European petrochemical industry.

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