Projects targeting polyethylene

chemXplore tracks 54 projects targeting polyethylene, of which 15 have not started up yet.

3 Announced / Concept 1 FID / Sanctioned 10 Under Construction 1 Commissioning & Start-up

12 new construction and 3 expansion.

Expected start-ups per year; 5 of the live projects carry no start-up date yet.

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25 August 2026 Nextchem NX Replast Mechanical Upcycling Plant Türkiye · Announced / Concept · Turkey
9 July 2026 INEOS Full Circle pyrolysis recycling plant at Bamble · Announced / Concept
April 2026 Borouge 4 Polyolefins Complex, Ruwais · Commissioning & Start-up · United Arab Emirates
March 2026 BASF Zhanjiang Verbund Site new construction · Operational / Completed · China
16 January 2026 Rongsheng Jintang New Materials Project, Zhoushan · Under Construction · China

Owners and developers: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, LLC (3), QatarEnergy (3), Abu Dhabi National Oil Company Group (1), Baltic Chemical Plant LLC (1), Borouge Group International (1), Braskem (1)

Investors: Abu Dhabi National Oil Company Group (1), Eurasian Development Bank (1), Innovation Norway (1), LUKOIL (1), OMV Aktiengesellschaft (1), QatarEnergy (1)

Contractors, licensors, and offtakers are recorded on 13 of these 15 projects For subscribers

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All news on Polyethylene (also known as PE, Tyvek®, LDPE, Polyethylene - low density, HDPE, High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE), Low-Density Polyethylene (LDPE), Ultra-High-Molecular-Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE), Alathon, Marlex, Polythene, Alkathene, I'm green™, I'm greenTM bio-based Polyethylene, I'm green, Bormed, MDPE, Polyethene, LLDPE, ENDURANCE™ HFDB-4401 UDC, ENDURANCE HFDB-4401 UDC, and XLPE): plants, production capacities, investments and involved companies.
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