INEOS Oxide has said it is planning to build a new ethylene terminal at its Zwijndrecht facilities in Belgium.
The new deep-sea terminal, expected to start operations in 2012, will produce one million tonnes of ethylene per annum, the company said.
INEOS is planning to connect the terminal to its ethylene-consuming facilities in the Antwerp-Rotterdam area to the rest of Europe via the Aethylen-Rohrleitungs-Gesellschaft (ARG) ethylene pipeline.
The pipeline will also link Antwerp to Cologne and the Ruhr industrial areas.
