Chemical

Chemical Industrial Complexes in Jeollanamdo

Yeosu National Industrial Complex

• The Yeosu National Industrial Complex was created in 1979, it is recognized as Korea’s largest petrochemicals producer and it has a central role in the economy of the region.

Total Area	Industrial Area	Companies
50,649,710 m²	36,467,000 m²	273

• Oil refining : 28 % of the nation’s total oil refining capacity (GS-Caltex: 840,000 barrels/day)
• Petrochemical : 48 % of the nation’s total ethylene production capacity (ethylene: 4.14 million tons/year)
• Fertilizer : 32% of the nation’s total production capacity (Namhae Chemical: 1.36 million tons/year)
• -* Ethylene production capacity (KT/year) : Yeosu (4,140), Daesan (3,240), Ulsan (1,660)

Gwangyang Sepoong General Industrial Complex

Total Area	Industrial Area	Companies
3,000,000 m²	1,538,818 m²	2

Located just across the bay from Yeosu National Industry Complex, Gwangyang Sepoong General Industry Complex’s biggest advantage is its location in the hinterland of Gwangyang port, Jeollanamdo’s biggest port.

Also located at Gwangyang Sepoong General Industry is the Korea Testing & Research Institute (KTR), an internationally accredited testing certification institute. KTR offers testing and evaluation of metal field structure, surface, function, coating and surface treatment, field method evaluation and testing of specialized general corrosion and special corrosion, durability, weather resistance, corrosion resistance, mock-reality cyclic corrosion testing (CCT) and gas corrosion evaluation.