Nippon Oil shuts down Marifu BTX on tech issues
07 December 2007 13:20 [Source: ICIS news]
SINGAPORE (ICIS news)--Japanese aromatics major Nippon Oil shut down its Marifu-based benzene, toluene and mixed xylenes (BTX) unit on Thursday due to some technical problems, said a company source on Friday.
The unit was expected to remain shut for about two or three weeks, he said.
The company produces about 267,000 tonnes/year of benzene, 100,000 tonnes/year of toluene and 250,000 tonnes/year of isomer grade xylene at Marifu.
Nippon Oil is a leading benzene producer and has plants at Muroran,
Some of the other aromatics producers in
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