Type | Joint-stock company |
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Industry | Oil and gas |
Founded | 1968 |
Headquarters | Pančevo, Serbia |
Key people | Saša Pavlov (Chairman) |
Products | Petrochemicals |
Revenue | US$375 million USD |
Net income | US$-27.5 Million USD (2007) |
Employees | 1,795 |
Parent | Government of Serbia (53.70%) |
Website | hip-petrohemija.com |
HIP Petrohemija (Serbian Cyrillic: ХИП Петрохемија) is a public stock company and the largest petrochemicals producer in Serbia.[1] The company owns petrochemical complexes located in Pančevo, Elemir and Crepaja.[2] It is specialised in producing HDPE, LDPE and other petrochemical products, and has an annual production capacity of 700,000 tonnes.[3]
HIP Petrohemija owns large petrochemical complexes located in Pančevo, Elemir and Crepaja. These complexes include a number of nine producing plants.[4]
The ethylene plant is located in Pančevo and was established in 1979 and built by United States based company Stone & Webster and French company French Institute of Petroleum.[5] It produces ethylene, propylene, synthetic rubber, latex, carbon black and gasoline and has an annual production capacity of around 500,000 tonnes.[5] The high density polyethylene (HDPE) plant is located in Pančevo and was established in 1975 under licence from the former United States based Phillips Petroleum Company.[6] The plant has two production lines and produces high density polyethylene or HDPE having an annual capacity of 76,000 tonnes.[6] The low density polyethylene (HDPE) plant is located in Pančevo and was established in 1979 under licence from the former United States based National Distillers.[7] The plant has one production line and produces low density polyethylene or LDPE having an annual capacity of 57,000 tonnes.[7]
The synthetic rubber plant is located in Elemir and was established in 1983 under licence from the former Germany based Buna-Werke Hulls.[8] The plant has three production units and produces synthetic rubber having an annual capacity of 40,000 tonnes, 1,3-Butadiene under licence from Japanese company Nippon Zeon having an annual production capacity of 45,000 tonnes and methyl tert-butyl ether or MTBE under licence from Italian company Snamprogetti having an annual production capacity of 35,000 tonnes.[8] Other production plants include the PVC production plant in Crepaja with an annual capacity of 16,000 tonnes,[9] the polyethylene pipes and fittings plant in Pančevo with an annual capacity of 11,000 tonnes,[10] the chlorine-alkali electrolysis plant in plant in Pančevo built under the licence of the Olin Corporation with an annual capacity of 200,000 tonnes,[11] a water treatment plant in Pančevo and an utility plant that produces energy fluids.