Long Son Petrochemicals, a unit of Thailand’s SCG Chemicals, will start commercial production at its petrochemical complex in southern Vietnam by mid-2023, the company said on March 2.
Long Son petrochemicals complex to start operations by mid-year
The $5-billion facility in Ba Ria Vung Tau province will produce 1.4 MMtpy of plastic resins, it said in an emailed statement.
Its annual output will include 500,000 tpy of high-density polyethylene, 500,000 tpy of linear low-density polyethylene and 400,000 tpy of polypropylene, it said.
The complex’s raw materials, naphtha and propane, will be imported mostly from the Middle East, the company said.
