# KPIC to build butadiene production facility in Ulsan, South Korea

Korea Petrochemical (KPIC) will invest KRW 140.5 billion to build a butadiene production facility at the Onsan plant in Ulsan, with an annual capacity of 150,000 tons, starting operation from April 2023.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2022-03-23
- Where: Ulsan, South Korea, South Korea
- Value: $115.0M (140.5B KRW)
- Jobs: 30
- Starts operating: Apr 2023
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 150,000 tons per year
- Products: butadiene (BD)
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Korea Petrochemical (KPIC)](https://endata.com/companies/61789.md)

## Sources

- [ombudsman.kotra.or.kr](https://ombudsman.kotra.or.kr/us-en/bbs/i-1426/detail.do?ntt_sn=491257), 2022-03-23: "KPIC will invest KRW 140.5 billion in the idle site of the Onsan plant to build a butadiene (BD) production facility."

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