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At the end of 2008, there were 50 crackers operating in Western Europe and 9 in Central/Eastern Europe, with annual ethylene capacities of 24,829,000 tonnes and 2,710,000 respectively, totalling 27,539,000 tonnes.

Location Operator Capacity Kt ethylene/year
AUSTRIA
Schwechat OMV 500
BENELUX
Antwerp FAO1 255
Antwerp FAO1 550
Antwerp FAO1 610
Antwerp BASF 1,050
Geleen Sabic Europe 1,310
Geleen Sabic Europe
Moerdijk Shell 900
Terneuzen Dow 580
Terneuzen Dow 580
Terneuzen Dow 650
BULGARIA
Burgas Lukoil Neftochim 150
CROATIA
Zagreb Dioki 90
CZECH Republic
Litvinov Chemopetrol 525
FINLAND
Porvoo Borealis2 380
FRANCE
Berre LyondellBasell 470
Carling TOTAL 570
Carling TOTAL
Dunkerque Polimeri 380
Feyzin A.P. Feyzin3 250
Gonfreville TOTAL 525
Lavera Naphtachimie4 740
NDG ExxonMobil 425
GERMANY
Boehlen Dow 565
Burghausen OMV 450
Gelsenkirchen BP 1,050
Gelsenkirchen BP
Heide Shell 100
K-Worringen Ineos Olefins 1,100
K-Worringen Ineos Olefins
Ludwigshafen BASF 220
Ludwigshafen BASF 400
Munchmunster LyondellBasell 400
Wesseling LyondellBasell 305
Wesseling LyondellBasell 735
Wesseling Shell 500
GREECE
Thessaloniki EKA 20
HUNGARY
Tiszaujvaros TVK 620
Tiszaujvaros TVK
ITALY
Brindisi Polimeri Europa 440
Gela Polimeri 245
Priolo Polimeri 745
Porto Torres Polmeri 250
Porto Marghera Polimeri 490
NORWAY
Rafnes Ineos Olefins 568
POLAND
Plock Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN 700
PORTUGAL
Sines Repsol2 410
ROMANIA
Pitesti Arpechim 200
SERBIA
Pancevo HIP-Petrochemija 200
SLOVAKIA
Bratislava Slovnaft 225
SPAIN
Puertollano Repsol 250
Tarragona Repsol 660
Tarragona Dow 675
SWEDEN
Stenungsund Borealis2 620
SWITZERLAND
Visp Lonza 35
UK
Fawley ExxonMobil 126
Grangemouth Ineos Olefins 1,050
Fife ExxonMobil / Shell 830
Wilton Sabic UK 865
TOTAL 27,539,000


* The Nameplate capacity is the theoretical capacity, that was declared by the companies to the public authorities to receive their "license to operate" eg the permit to build a cracker and that any citizen can have access to.

1 FAO: 65% ATOFINA - 35% ExxonMobil
2 Borealis: 64% IPIC (International Petroleum Investment Company) - 36% OMV
3 AP Feyzin: 57.5% TOTAL - 42.5% Solvay
4 Naphtachimie: 50% INEOS- 50% TOTAL
Source: APPE / PMRC
Source: ICIS
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