CPCIF updated its predictions on China’s petroleum and chemical industry. Projection of main business revenue growth in Jan-Sep is dropped to 10% YOY from the previous 10.5% YOY. And the forecast for the total profit growth is the same as 12.5% YOY. Supply deficit of raw material ethylene oxide caused the low capacity utilization rate in the ethanolamine production in China. In 2012 China had 560 000 t/a capacity of ethanolamines. China’s building coatings output grew 18.1% YoY during 2000-2012. China produced 4.16 million tons of building coatings in 2012, up 20.4% YOY.
The total refining capacity in China is expected to reach around 680 million t/a by 2015. Around 15 new and expansion refining projects with a capacity of over 10 million t/a are in progress in PetroChina, Sinopec and CNOOC.The newly added BDO capacity in the world is concentrated mainly in Asia, especially China. It is expected China’s total capacity of BDO to reach more than 2.8 million t/a in the next five years.Output of plastic pipe in China is forecast to reach more than 13.20 million tons by 2015, growing around 10% YoY over recent three years. The plastic pipe’s market share would be over 50% in the whole pipe market.
Asian public institutional equity investors are turning their attention to North American oil and gas opportunities for attractive growth and returns, following in the footsteps of their private investment counterparts. When more exports of US LNG from the shale-gas production boom are allowed, China and the rest of northern Asia could benefit from much cheaper gas. Rising operating costs continued to become a barrier to oil and gas company growth despite the industry’s rapid expansion. Asia’s economic growth is restricted by its huge dependence on foreign imports of oil and gas.