# LyondellBasell and Sinopec to build SM/PO plant in Ningbo, China

LyondellBasell and Sinopec formed a joint venture to build a styrene monomer and propylene oxide plant at Zhenhai in Ningbo, China. The plant will have a capacity of 275,000 t/y of PO and 600,000 t/y of SM, targeted for startup at the end of 2021.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2021-01-28
- Where: Zhenhai, Ningbo, China
- Starts operating: 2021
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 275,000 t/y propylene oxide, 600,000 t/y styrene monomer
- Products: styrene monomer, propylene oxide
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Sinopec](https://endata.com/companies/1143.md) (partner)
- [LyondellBasell](https://endata.com/companies/1444.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [chemorbis.com](https://www.chemorbis.com/en/plastics-news/LyondellBasell-Sinopec-to-build-SM-PO-plant-in-China/2021/01/28/808398), 2021-01-27: "Targeted for startup at the end of this year, the joint-venture plant will have a production capacity of 275,000 tons/year of PO and 600,000 tons/year of SM."

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