# Blue Ocean New Materials starts construction of $1.6B polyolefins project in Jiangsu

Blue Ocean New Materials (Tongzhou Bay) Co., Ltd. held a groundbreaking ceremony on March 15, 2025, for its high-end polyolefins new materials project in Tongzhou Bay, Jiangsu, with a total investment of 11.626 billion yuan. The project includes a 200,000 t/a FDPE unit, two 25,000 t/a EPDM units, a 100,000 t/a POE unit, and a 100,000 t/a 1-hexene/1-octene unit, with a 24-month construction period.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2025-03-15
- Where: Tongzhou Bay, Jiangsu, China
- Value: $1.60B (11.6B CNY)
- Starts operating: Mar 2027
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 200,000 t/a FDPE, 50,000 t/a EPDM, 100,000 t/a POE, 100,000 t/a 1-hexene/1-octene
- Products: FDPE, EPDM, POE, 1-hexene, 1-octene
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Blue Ocean New Materials (Tongzhou Bay)](https://endata.com/companies/83693.md)
- [China National Petroleum Corp.](https://endata.com/companies/6034.md) (investor)

## Sources

- [pmweb.com.cn](http://www.pmweb.com.cn/mobile/index/show/catid/17/id/10938.html), 2025-03-25: "蓝海新材料公司举行高端聚烯烃新材料项目，于3月15日举行开工仪式，标志着项目建设正式迈入关键核心装置全面建设的新阶段。"

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