Malaysia’s Titan set to restart aromatics plant

20 July 2007 15:06  [Source: ICIS news]

SINGAPORE (ICIS news)--Malaysia-based aromatics producer Titan Chemicals will restart its benzene and toluene units over the weekend after a scheduled shutdown, said a company source on Friday.

 

The plant, which was shut down early last week for a catalyst change, was expected to produce on-spec material within a day, the source added. 

 

The aromatics plant is located in the port town of Pasir Gudang and produces 130,000 tonnes/year of benzene, 70,000 tonnes/year of toluene and about 40,000 tonnes/year of mixed aromatics (also called C8 and C9).

 

Other major aromatics producers in southeast Asia include ExxonMobil, Petrochemical Corp of Singapore (PCS) and IRPC in Thailand.

By: Mahua Chakravarty
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