BP and Lotte agree major expansion of production capacity at their South Korea JV

BP and Lotte have agreed to expand their petrochemical presence in South Korea with a major expansion of production capacity at their joint venture Lotte BP Chemical Company facility in Ulsan.

The expansion is expected to add 100,000 tonnes a year (tpa) of acetic acid capacity by May 2019 through debottlenecking, and to double the current 200,000 tpa vinyl acetate monomer (VAM) capacity with the addition of a second VAM plant by the end of 2020. The new expansion will bring total production capacity of the site to over 1 million tpa.

The expected investment of $175m will be funded by the joint venture.

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11th January 2019