# Yeochun NCC to invest 740 billion won in NCC expansion and new BD plant

Yeochun NCC will invest 600 billion won to expand its naphtha cracking center (NCC No.2) by 335,000 tonnes per year (57%) and 140 billion won to build a new 130,000-tonne-per-year butadiene plant in Yeosu, South Korea. The NCC expansion is expected to start commercial operation in Q3 2020.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2018-08-29
- Where: Yeosu, South Korea
- Value: $660.0M (740.0B KRW)
- Jobs: 1,000
- Starts operating: Q3 2020
- Status: announced
- Capacity: NCC expansion: 335,000 tonnes per year ethylene; BD plant: 130,000 tonnes per year butadiene
- Products: ethylene, butadiene
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Yeochun NCC](https://endata.com/companies/33993.md)
- [Hanwha Chemical](https://endata.com/companies/225.md) (partner)
- [Daelim Industrial](https://endata.com/companies/4600.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [biz.newdaily.co.kr](https://biz.newdaily.co.kr/site/data/html/2018/08/29/2018082900185.html), 2018-08-29: "여천NCC가 제2나프타분해시설(NCC) 증설과 신규 부타디엔(BD)공장 건설에 7400억원을 투자한다고 29일 밝혔다."
- [pulse.mk.co.kr](https://pulse.mk.co.kr/news/english/8456624), 2018-08-30: "This ramp-up will provide a stable source of petrochemicals to Daelim Industrial and Hanwha Chemical."

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