# Ineos and SP Chemicals sign ethane supply agreement for China cracker

Ineos has announced a long-term supply agreement to ship U.S. shale gas ethane to SP Chemicals for a new ethylene cracker in Taixing, Jiangsu, China. The deal includes construction of the first 95,000 cubic meter ethane carrier, to be delivered in 2019.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2017-11-20
- Where: Taixing, Jiangsu, China
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 650,000 tonnes per year ethylene
- Products: ethane, ethylene, PVC
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [INEOS](https://endata.com/companies/9807.md) (supplier)
- [SP Chemicals](https://endata.com/companies/28270.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [spchemicals.com](https://www.spchemicals.com/?p=25020), 2017-11-20: "It has long been a dream for SP Chemicals to integrate upstream."

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