Basf(US:BASFY) DT新材料·2025-07-21 15:38Core Viewpoint - BASF's Zhanjiang integrated base has achieved a significant milestone with the mechanical completion of its first batch of acrylic acid and ester facilities, marking a key step towards the target of official production in 2025 and reinforcing BASF's leading position in the global acrylic acid market [1][2]. Group 1: Project Overview - The Zhanjiang integrated base is BASF's largest single investment project to date, with a total investment of €10 billion, and will be independently constructed and operated by BASF [3]. - Once completed, the Zhanjiang base will become BASF's third-largest production site globally, following the Ludwigshafen site in Germany and the Antwerp site in Belgium [3]. Group 2: Production Capacity - The acrylic acid butyl ester facility at the Zhanjiang base is designed with an annual production capacity of approximately 400,000 tons, scheduled to commence operations in 2025 [2]. - The overall production capacity of the Zhanjiang base includes various facilities, such as: - 1 million tons/year ethylene joint (CRC) facility - 660,000/830,000 tons/year ethylene oxide/ethylene glycol (EO/EG) facility - 215,000 tons/year non-ionic surfactants (NIS) facility - 500,000 tons/year polyethylene (PE) facility - 2×190,000 tons/year ice acrylic acid (GAA) facilities - 375,000 tons/year acrylic acid butyl ester (nBA) facility - 100,000 tons/year isooctyl acrylate (2-EHA) facility - 500,000 tons/year butanol (OXO-C4) facility - 50,000 standard cubic meters/hour synthesis gas facility - 80,000 tons (pure) neopentyl glycol (NPG) facility - 110,000 tons/year methanol facility - 40,000 tons/year citral facility [3]. Group 3: Recent Developments - On January 18, 2024, the completion ceremony for the first batch of facilities at the Zhanjiang integrated base was held, alongside the inauguration of the thermoplastic polyurethane facility [4].