Ground Breaking Ceremony for the Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochemical Complex
October 24, 2013
Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President: Takashi Tsukioka, hereinafter referred as "Idemitsu") and Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President: Toshikazu Tanaka, hereinafter referred as " Mitsui") hereby announce that The Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochemical Limited Liability Company (NSRP), in which Idemitsu, Mitsui, Kuwait Petroleum International, and PetroVietnam have a stake, began work on the construction of the Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochemical Complex on July 22 and held a Ground Breaking Ceremony on October 23 (local time) with the participants from each country concerned including Vietnamese Prime Minister Dung.
| 1. Date the construction work started | July 22, 2013 | ||
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| 2. Ground Breaking Ceremony | (1) Date | October 23, 2013 | |
| (2) Attended by | Vietnam | Mr. Nguyen Tan Dung, Prime Minister | |
| Mr. Phung Dinh Thuc, Chairman, PetroVietnam | |||
| Mr. Do Van Hau, President, PetroVietnam | |||
| Kuwait | Mr. Mustafa Al-Shemali, Minister of Oil | ||
| Mr. Nizar Al-Adsani, CEO, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation | |||
| Mr. Mohammad Al-Mutairi, Managing Director, Kuwait Petroleum International | |||
| Japan | Mr. Takayuki Sumita, Director-General for Natural Resources and Fuel Department, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy | ||
| Mr. Hiroshi Fukada, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Vietnam | |||
| Mr. Keisuke Takeuchi, Chairman and Representative Director, JGC Corporation | |||
| Mr. Kazuhisa Nakano, Chairman and Representative Director, Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd. | |||
| Mr. Toshikazu Tanaka, President and CEO, Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. |
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| Sponsor | Mr. Kazutoshi Shinmura, President, NSRP | ||
| 3.Future schedule | Construction is expected to be completed in 2016 and commercial operations are expected to commence in 2017. | ||
View of the Ground Breaking Ceremony
MEDIA CONTACT
| PR Section, PR & CSR Affairs Office, Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. | Tel: +81-3-3213-3115 |
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| Corporate Communications Division, Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. | Tel: +81-3-6253-2100 |
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Ground Breaking Ceremony for the Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochemical Complex (PDF:101KB)
