MOSCOW (MRC) -- Barito Pacific's subsidiary Chandra Asri Petrochemical (CAP) is reportedly planning to build a naphtha refinery at its Cilegon complex in Banten, Indonesia, with an estimated investment of USD740m, said Chemicals-technology.
The company is now undertaking a one year preliminary study for the proposed project, which would reduce its reliance on naptha imports. CAP corporate relations vice-president Suhat Miyarso was quoted by Jakarta Post as saying: "We are going to build a mini-refinery for naphtha production in 2018, with preliminary studies starting this year."
Planned to be located on an 80ha area, the refinery is expected to produce 100,000 barrels of condensate a day, the equivalent of producing 2.5 million tonnes (Mt) of naphtha a year. "The refinery is expected to produce 100,000 barrels of condensate a day."
The company plans to use 1.3Mt of naphtha as feedstock to produce olefins. It currently imports 1.7Mt of naphtha a year from Middle Eastern countries and Singapore. CAP plans to finance the preliminary study using USD250m funds allocated for capital expenditure this year.
The funds will also be used to finalise the USD380m expansion of a naphtha cracker at the Cilegon complex to increase ethylene production capacity to 860,000 kilotonnes. It will also facilitate construction of a synthetic rubber plant in partnership with French firm, Michelin.
The rubber plant is expected to produce 100,000t of butadiene, a raw material for styrene butadiene rubber, acrylonitrile butadiene system and styrene butadiene latex. The upgraded naphtha cracker and butadiene plant are expected to commence operations next year.
As MRC wrote before, Moody's Investors Service, changed the outlook of Chandra Asri Petrochemical Tbk (CAP), the country’s largest petrochemical producer, to stable from negative. Concurrently, Moody's affirmed CAP's B2 corporate family rating (CFR).
Chandra Asri Petrochemical (CAP) is the largest vertically integrated petrochemical company in Indonesia with facilities located in Ciwandan, Cilegon and Puloampel, Serang in Banten Province. CAP is Indonesia's premier petrochemical plant incorporating world-class, state-of-the-art technology and supporting facilities. At the heart of CAP lies the Lummus Naphtha Cracker producing high quality Ethylene, Propylene, Mixed C4, and Pyrolysis Gasoline (Py-Gas) for the Indonesian as well as regional export markets.
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