10月17日新加坡報道，韓國LG化學公司17日在首爾宣布，該公司計劃在今后的3年里把其位于大山的以石腦油為原料的蒸汽裂解裝置的乙烯年產能提高23萬噸或22%至127萬噸。
為了達到這個目標，LG化學公司在2019年前將耗資2870億韓元（2.519億美元）用于擴大乙烯產能，從而把其乙烯年總產能提高到243萬噸。
LG化學公司還說，該公司將在明年上半年把兩條聚苯乙烯生產線中的一條生產線轉變成生產丙烯腈－丁二烯－苯乙烯共聚物。
這樣一來，LG化學公司的丙烯腈－丁二烯－苯乙烯共聚物年產能將增加3萬噸至88萬噸，而聚苯乙烯的年產量將減少5萬噸，年產量屆時將減少到5萬噸。
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原文如下：
S Korea's LG Chem to boost Daesan ethylene output by 22% in 3 years
Singapore (Platts)--17 Oct 2016
South Korea's LG Chem plans to increase the ethylene production capacity of its naphtha-fed steam cracker at Daesan by 230,000 mt/year, or 22%, to 1.27 million mt/year in the next three years, the company said Monday.
To achieve that, the company will spend Won 287 billion ($251.9 million) on the expansion by 2019, it said, thereby boosting its overall ethylene capacity to 2.43 million mt/year.
Also, LG Chem said it will convert one of two polystyrene production lines to produce acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene over first-half 2017.
As such, the company's ABS capacity will increase 30,000 mt/year to 880,000 mt/year, while PS production will fall 50,000 mt/year to 50,000 mt/year.
