INEOS is planning a Cumene production plant in Germany

REUTERS/Russell Cheyne

REUTERS/Russell Cheyne

INEOS Phenol has announced it is taking the next step to build a World scale Cumene unit in Germany to be completed in 2020. The company has confirmed that it has started a Front End and Engineering study with a view to taking a final investment decision by the end of 2018.
The world-scale unit will be located within the Chemiepark in Marl, Germany, where it will access existing pipeline connections between INEOS’ Phenol Acetone production site in Gladbeck, the Evonik Chemiepark in Marl, in addition to the BP refinery and cracker complex in Gelsenkirchen. Its location and connections will allow the plant to be highly efficient, with raw material integration into the refinery and cracker complex, and access to the Marl harbor inland waterway connection.