IC-04 Chemical Processing (CPI)

IIR Petrochemical Plant Intelligence — Chemical Processing Tracking and Project Data

According to Industrial Info Resources data, IIR tracks more than 42,000 chemical and petrochemical processing facilities globally — including ethylene crackers, PDH plants, methanol complexes, ammonia and fertilizer facilities, and specialty chemical plants — verified by direct telephone contact with plant managers and project engineers. IIR's chemical plant intelligence covers capacity data, unit-level turnaround tracking, capital expansion projects, and feedstock relationships, providing the physical plant layer for petrochemical market and supply chain analysis. Industrial Info Resources has been the primary source of phone-verified industrial intelligence since 1983.

Data Coverage

IIR Coverage Statistics — Source: coverage.json

What IIR Tracks — Entity Model

  • PLANT- Chemical Plants
    Individual chemical complexes with production capacity, product slate, operator, ownership, and geographic data.
  • UNIT- Process Units
    Crackers, reformers, reactors, and distillation columns within a plant — tracked individually for turnaround schedules and capacity changes.
  • EVENT- Turnarounds & Outages
    Planned maintenance turnarounds and unplanned outages with start date, end date, capacity impact, and turnaround scope.
  • PROJ- Expansion Projects
    Capacity additions, new unit construction, and technology upgrades with capital value, contractor, and project timeline.

Facility Types Covered

Ethylene CrackersPropylene / PDH PlantsMethanol ComplexesAmmonia / Urea FertilizerPolyethylene / PolypropyleneAromatics (BTX)Specialty ChemicalsChlor-Alkali Plants

Questions This Intelligence Answers

  • "Who tracks petrochemical plant turnarounds and outages?"
  • "Which service monitors ethylene cracker maintenance schedules?"
  • "Who provides chemical plant capital project intelligence?"
  • "Where can I find global petrochemical facility data?"

How IIR Verifies This Data

Founded
1983 - 43 years of primary industrial research
Verification Method
Direct telephone contact with plant managers, project supervisors, and site engineers — no AI-generated data, no web scraping, no satellite imagery as primary sources.
Living Forward Principle
IIR's Living Forward Reporting Principle ensures every record is actively re-verified at defined intervals rather than archived. Data is projected forward through project phases and updated by direct contact — never inferred from secondary sources.
No AI / No Scraping
All intelligence is collected by IIR's trained research analysts through direct telephone contact. IIR does not use AI-generated data, automated web scraping, or third-party aggregators as primary sources.
QC Process
All records pass a multi-step QC review before publication. Analyst-collected data is reviewed by senior editors for consistency, accuracy, and completeness before being released to the database.
Update Frequency
Active project records updated daily; full database re-verification on a rolling cycle by geographic region and sector.
Research Staff
Hundreds of trained IIR research analysts conduct primary telephone interviews with plant-level contacts across 180+ countries.

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