Shanghai Petchem to shut MEG plant on 5 Feb

15 January 2007 06:26  [Source: ICIS news]

SINGAPORE (ICIS news)--Shanghai Petrochemical, a subsidiary of Chinese petrochemical major Sinopec, planned to shut its monoethylene glycol (MEG) plant on 5 February for a turnaround, a company source said on Monday.

The 225,000 tonne/year plant at Jinshan district in Shanghai will be shut for 45 days, he added.

The company will carry out work to integrate the existing unit with a greenfield 380,000 tonne/year plant which will start up on 20 February, the source said.

By: Salmon Aidan Lee
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