With a total investment of approximately 870 million euros, this is BASF's largest single overseas investment to date, as well as the largest wholly foreign-owned single project invested by a German enterprise in China.
As BASF's third-largest integrated production base worldwide, the site covers about 4 square kilometers and is located in the Petrochemical Industrial Park on Donghai Island, Zhanjiang. It is independently constructed and operated by BASF.
The base houses the world's first ethylene complex whose main compressors (electric-driven) are 100% powered by renewable energy. Through long-term direct green power purchase agreements and investments in offshore wind farms, it achieves 100% renewable electricity supply.
Following full commencement of production, the site has successfully put 18 plants and 32 production lines into operation, enabling full-process production capacity from ethylene cracking to downstream high value-added products.
The core facility of the site is a steam cracker with an annual ethylene production capacity of 1 million tons, featuring high feedstock flexibility that allows processing of various feedstocks including naphtha and butane.