TABLE B-4.-PETROLEUM REFINING, PETROCHEMICAL, AND SYNTHETIC FIBRE PLANTS-Continued

Synthetic fibre plant complex-Acrylo-
nitrile plant-Capacity: 50,000 MT/
yr; Acetonitrile plant-Capacity:
1,000 MT/yr; Cyanic acid plant-
Capacity: 5,000 MT/yr; Waste-water
treatment plant-Technology: Asahi/
Sohio Contract provides for supply of
Sohio Catalyst 41 for new plants. Will
give PRC one of world's most modern
waste-reducing techniques, increas-
ing production 40-50 percent over
earlier generation catalysts.

Japan: Toray Industries.
Japan: Kaisha.
Japan: Mitsubishi Petrochem; Mitsu-
bishi Heavy Ind., Mitsubishi Corp.;
Western Japan Trading; United
States: Lummus.

Financing: Japanese Ex-Im/Commercial Bank. 30 percent down
payment; 70 percent in 10 semiannual installments (in
yuan) over 5 years at 6 percent per year beginning after final
shipment. Bayer receiving lump sum payment directly from
PRC. (In 1963 Kuraray sold PRC a vinylon plant with capacity
of 11,000 MT/yr. Terms were 25 percent down, 6 percent per
year for 5 years with export restriction imposed on PRC for
10 years after startup.)
Not including license fee. Financing: Japanese Ex-Im bank.
Semiannual installments over 5 years at 6 percent per year
in yuan. Extra payment by PRC of US $8,000,000 direct to
Sohio, channeled through Japanese Bank; 7 installments over
5 years; first payment due 60 days after contract is approved
by Japanese Government, followed by payments in August-
September 1973 and 4 annual payments 1974-77, adjusted
to inflation. PRC bought process, license, and plant as single
unit; license does not call for free exchange of future im-
provements in Sohio technology. PRC may export plant's
output.

Training: Asahi responsible for training Chinese engineers in Japan. No Sohio engineers involved in setting up plant or its operation.

Vinyl acetate plant (1) Capacity: 90,000 MT/yr; (Derived from natural gas).

France: Speichem, Lurgi Virg.; L'Aire May 1973.
Liquide; Rhone-Poulenc; United King-

1974-76.

90.0 including Probably deferred payments over 5 years. Synthetic fibers technology. indicated as end-use.

dom: Humphrey & Glasgow West; Germany: Badische Anilin und Soda Fabrik (BASF).

Methanol plant (1) Capacity: 300
MT/day; Technology: Plant uses
residual gas from acetylene produc-
tion; will employ ICI low pressure
synthesis method and an Onia cata-
lytic particle oxidation process
licensed by P.E.C. Engineering of
Paris.

Polyethylene plant (1) Capacity:
60,000 MT/yr; Technology: Based on
improved version of high pressure
process (BASF) imported from West
Germany.
Acetaldehyde plant (1) Capacity:
30,000 MT/yr; technology: Uhde &
Hoechst; location: Near Shanghai.
Polyethylene plant (1) (High pressure,
low density) Capacity: 180,000 MT/
yr; technology: Based on improved
version of ICI process.

Petrochemical and synthetic-fiber com-
plex (16 of 18 units) Capacity:
initial, 500,000 MT/yr; full, 2 million
MT/yr; location, 50 km south of
Shenyang.

ORGANIZATION OF THE PETROCHEMICAL AND SYNTHETIC-FIBER COMPLEX 1

1 Figure below is a flow chart of the petrochemical and synthetic-fiber complex.

Flow chart for the petrochemical and synthetic-fiber complex

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Plant profile

Petrochemical plant (1) (for production Italy: Snam Projetti (ENI Group); 1973.

of polypropylene) Capacity, 35,000
MT/yr.
Technology, Standard Oil of Indiana....
Polypropylene plant-Capacity, 80,000
MT/yr; technology, Mitsui Petro-
chemical plant is part of chain of
derivatives of TEC/Mitsui 300,000-ton
ethylene plant (see above). Design,
engineering, manufacturing, and pro-
curement of equipment for plant
by Mitsui Shipbuilding.

Country and firm

Contract signed

Delivery period

Value (mil-
lion US$)

1975-77

15.0

United States: Standard Oil of Indiana.
Japan: Mitsui Petrochemical; C. Itoh; October 1973.
Mitsui Shipbuilding & Engineering;
Kosho Trading Corp.

1974-76

26. U

Catalyzer production plant for produc- C. Itoh; Toho Titanium; Kosho Trading January 1974.

1974-end of 1976.

4.6

Corp.

Vinylchloride monomer plant-Capac- West Germany: Friedrich Uhde.

January 1974.

1976

19.0

First such plant sold to PRC.