# BASF SONATRACH invests €10M to expand propylene plant capacity in Tarragona, Spain

BASF SONATRACH PropanChem will invest about €10 million to debottleneck its propylene plant in Tarragona, increasing annual capacity from 370,000 to 420,000 tonnes. The project will be implemented during a maintenance shutdown in 2021.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2019-04-08
- Where: Tarragona, Spain, Spain
- Value: $11.3M (10.0M EUR)
- Starts operating: 2021
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 420,000 tonnes per year
- Products: propylene
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [BASF SONATRACH PropanChem](https://endata.com/companies/38591.md)

## Sources

- [diarimes.com](https://www.diarimes.com/es/tarragona/190408/basf-inverteix-prop-milions-euros-planta-propile-tarragona_64687.html), 2019-04-08: "Este proyecto nos permitirá mantener la competitividad de la planta de propileno y la de nuestros clientes, así como el liderazgo a nivel mundial de eficiencia de plantas con el mismo proceso productivo"

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