CHEMICAL ENGINEERING PLANT COST INDEX

CEI
73.9
84.7
88.3
99.7
101.8
102
101.5
102
102.4
103.3
104.2
107.2
109.7
113.6
119
125.7
132.3
132.3
144.1
164.4
182.4
192.1
204.1
218.8
238.7
261.2
297
314
316.9
322.7
325.3
318.4
323.8
342.5
355.4
357.6
361.3
358.2
359.2
368.1
381.1
381.7
386.5
389.5
390.6
394.1
394.3
395.6
401.7
444.2
468.2
499.6
525.4

CEPCI 1950-2014
700

600

f(x) = - 7.70832788762577E-007x^6 + 0.0091733378x^5 - 45.4852979756x^4 + 120282.130177768x^3 - 178912785.540256x^2 + 141927984847.401x - 46910613205922.1

R = 0.9894854337
500

in
d
e
x

YEAR
1950
1953
1955
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007

As published in Chemical Engineering Magazine

400

300

200

100

0
1940

1950

1960

1970

year
1980

1990

2000

2010

2020

Revision: 16, Aug 4, 2008