Polychem Indonesia to restart MEG line after outage

18 July 2007 11:58  [Source: ICIS news]

SINGAPORE (ICIS news)--Polychem Indonesia will restart its 125,000 tonne/year monoethylene glycol (MEG) No 2 line in Merak, Java island, this weekend, after shutting down the unit on 16 July for repairs, a company official said on Wednesday.

 

Because of the outages at this and its No 1 line, the company would not be offering any spot MEG cargoes for arrival until September, said the official.

 

“The [No 2] line was shut on Monday and we’re currently carrying out some minor repair works, which should end by 21 or 22 July,” the official said.

 

Meanwhile, a leak at the company’s 90,000 tonne/year MEG No 1 line at the same Merak site had been rectified and it had been running at full capacity since last week, he added.

 

Polychem is Indonesia’s only MEG producer.

By: Salmon Aidan Lee
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