PetroChina Dushanzi Plans Ethylene Plant Expansion

BEIJING--February 13, 2023--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Dushanzi Petrochemical is a subsidiary of PetroChina (Beijing) located in the Karamay region of Xinjiang, China. In 2019, the company invested nearly US$1.2 billion to build an 800,000-ton ethylene plant in the Tarim region of Xinjiang. Relying on the rich local natural gas resources, it started operating in 2021.

At the beginning of 2023, Dushanzi Petrochemical announced a second phase at the Tarim site, which will build a 1.2 million ton-per-year ethylene unit and supporting polyolefin units.