Committee Reports::Report No. 16 - Nitrigin Eireann Teoranta::01 April, 1981::Appendix

APPENDIX 7

TABLES SUBMITTED BY NÍTRIGIN ÉIREANN TEORANTA

ANALYSIS OF PROJECTS COMPARABLE WITH THE MÁRINO POINT PROJECT

TABLE 1


Irish Process Plans Built in 1973-1979 Period

Project

% Increase in Actual Cost over Budget

% Increase in Actual Over-planned Schedule

Contractor

Asahi, Killala

80

66

Mathew Hall

Courtaulds, Letterkenny

40

75

Courtaulds Engineering

GAF

21

58

Jacobs International

Irish Distillers

50

83

Stone & Webster

Merck Ballydine

80

28

Bechtel

Mitsui Cork

190

50

Lummus

NET, Cork

108*

42

Kellogg

Syntex, Clarecastle

200

66

Jacobs International

Average

96

59

 

Note


October 1980.


TABLE 2


Other European Construction Projects

Country

Company

Project

Cost Performance

Schedule Performance

Budgeted Cost

Actual Cost

% Cost Over-Run

Budgeted Time (Months)

Actual Time (Months)

% Time Over-Run

UK

Monsanto


Seal Sands


Teeside

Expand Acrylonitrile Capacity by 190,000 t/a to 300,000 t/a.

£130m


(FT 28/2/80)

£180m


(Chem. Age Survey 5/10/79)

38

36


from late 1974 (ECN 29/9/74)

54


(FT 28/2/80)

50

UK

ICI/BP


Wilton


Teeside

500,000 t/a ethylene, 230,000 t/a propylene, 180,000 t/a C4, 500,000 t/a pyrolysis gasoline.

£100m


(ECN 10/5/74)

£200m


(FT 28/2/80)

100

36


from late 1974 (ECN 26/3/76)

60


(FT 28/2/80)

67%

UK

Phillips Petroleum


Seal Sands


Teeside

Offshore Gas Processing Plant.

£418m


(ECN 25/11/77)

?


Budget Raised to $488m in 1977

?

48


from late 1972 (ECN 25/11/77)

84


(ECN 2/4/79)

75%

Italy

Montedison

495,000 t/a ammonia, 228,000 t/a urea.

£45.4m

£61.5m

35

30

48

60%

TABLE 3


World Fertilizer Projects

Project

% Increase of Actual Cost Over Budget

% Increase in Actual Schedule Over Planned

1.

Cochin II (India)

82

97

2.

Gorakhpur

45

63

3.

Nangal (India)

46

72

4.

Trombay IV (India)

44

35

5.

Sindri (India)

32

48

6.

IFFCO (India)

24

7.

Multan (Pakistan)

105

80

8.

Fanji

21

13

9.

Ashuganj (Bangladesh)

80

71

10.

Igsas (Turkey)

26

75

11.

Maroc Phosphore (Morocco)

12

7

12.

Talbha II (Egypt)

29

62

13.

Arancaria

25

62

*NET Costs include pre-production expenses of £21.2 million and Financing Costs of £22.7m.