CPC Corporation

CPC’s major petrochemical production facilities are its Linyuan Petrochemical Plant run by the Petrochemical Business Division as well as the Taoyuan and Dalin refineries operating under its Refining Business Division. The RFCC units in the two refineries at Dalin and Taoyuan produce propylene products, while the naphtha crackers and butadiene extraction units at the Linyuan Petrochemical Plant produce ethylene, propylene and butadiene products.

Aromatics extraction units produce benzene, toluene and mixed xylene. Currently, CPC’s annual production capacities for basic petrochemical raw materials are 1.07 million metric tons of ethylene, 1.194 million tons of propylene, 158 thousand metric tons (KTA) of butadiene, 274 KTA of benzene, 321 KTA of toluene and 507 KTA of mixed xylene.

As a pioneer of the upstream petrochemical business in Taiwan, CPC has continued to invest in a variety of upstream petrochemical businesses to drive the development of domestic petrochemical industry, which has contributed to the economic miracle of Taiwan. In recent years, it has been dedicated to equipment upgrade and capacity expansion in order to reduce the shortage of petrochemical raw materials supply.

Starting in 2005, CPC implemented the “New No. 3 Naphtha Cracker” project at the Linyuan Petrochemical Complex, with a total investment of over NT$40 billion. This new No. 3 Naphtha Cracker started to produce ethylene that meets specific standards in 2013 with an ethylene capacity of 720 KTA, propylene capacity of 370 KTA and butadiene capacity of 100 KTA. It is a supplier of petrochemical raw materials to both downstream businesses in Linyuan Industrial Park, and businesses in Renda Industrial Park, whose supply was originally provided by the No.5 Naphtha Cracker, creating economic benefits that are worth around NT$ 100 billion per year.

CPC plans to evaluate the expansion of petrochemical production capacity based on market demand, so as to fully supply basic raw materials for downstream players.