BP to expand its petrochemical presence in Korea
18.01.2019
MOSCOW (MRC) -- BP and Lotte have agreed on a major expansion of production capacity at their joint venture Lotte BP Chemical Company Limited facility in Ulsan, South Korea, as per Hydrocarbonprocessing.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)