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05 April 2008

Vietnam Expansion - Idemitsu, Mitsui Building Paraxylene Petrochemical Plant

A paraxylene unit will be included in the petrochemical complex jointly developed by Japanese oil refiners Idemitsu Kosan and Mitsui Chemicals with a capacity of 480,000 tonne/year paraxylene (PX) and 150,000 tonnes/year of benzene products in the $6 billion joint venture petchem complex in Vietnam.

The JV paraxylene unit will be constructed at Nghi Son, Thanh Hoa province. The complex will also include BTX (benzene, toluene and mixed xylenes) plant of total capacity higher than 500,000 tonnes/year. Aromatics outlet for the products will be sold to Mitsui Chemical’s purified terephthaliac acid (PTA) and phenol businesses as feedstock.

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