Korean

The petrochemical industry, one of Korea's key industries, is facing difficulties because of the delayed recovery of the global economy, the production of chemical raw materials from non-conventional resources, and the increase in China's rate of self-sufficiency in chemical raw materials. These conditions make it necessary to develop global pace-setting technologies for large-scale convergence plants. Such efforts will help secure petroleum, coal, and gas resources, and continuously foster the oil refining and petrochemical industries.

The CCP is the first future pace-setting convergence research group of the National Research Council of Science & Technology under the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning. It was established to develop 'Large-Scale Plant Technology to Secure Energy and Basic Chemical Raw Materials'. Its formation was motivated by demand for concrete national policies and R&D plans to help stably secure energy and chemical raw materials and to reinforce the competitiveness of the petrochemical industry. Centered in the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology(KRICT), the CCP systematically cooperates with researchers affiliated with the Korea Institute of Energy Research(KIER), the Korea Institute of Science and Technology(KIST), and the Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials(KIMM) to conduct open-type on-site studies focused on resolving national energy issues.

The CCP designs petrochemical processes and develops common basic technology, basic petrochemical material production technologies, and secures core technologies for upgrading heavy oil. The CCP will develop new large-scale packaging technology to connect the petroleum, coal, and gas industries, to economically produce basic chemical raw materials, and stably supply energy. These efforts are intended to contribute to the sustainable growth of these national key industries.