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Gulf Energy Information’s Global Energy Infrastructure database is tracking nearly 1,100 projects around the world. At 40%, the Asia-Pacific region holds the largest market share in total active projects followed by the Middle East and the U.S. These three regions represent nearly 70% of all active projects in the hydrocarbon processing industry.
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| Project: | Long Son Petrochemicals Complex |
| Location: | Long Son, Vietnam |
| Operator: | Siam Cement Group |
| Cost: | $5.4 B |
| Capacity: | 1.65 MMtpy |
| Completion date: | completionDate |
| Status: | Under Construction |
| Project: | Huizhou Petrochemical Complex |
| Location: | Huizhou, China |
| Operator: | ExxonMobil |
| Cost: | $10 B |
| Capacity: | 1.6 MMtpy |
| Completion date: | completionDate |
| Status: | Under construction |
| Project: | Visakh Refinery |
| Location: | Visakhapatnam, India |
| Operator: | Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd. |
| Cost: | $3.1 B |
| Capacity: | 134,000 bpd |
| Completion date: | completionDate |
| Status: | Under Construction |
| Project: | LyondellBasell PO/TBA Complex |
| Location: | Channelview, Texas (U.S.) |
| Operator: | LyondellBasell |
| Cost: | $2.4 B |
| Capacity: | 1.47 MMtpy |
| Completion date: | completionDate |
| Status: | Under Construction |
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