Shanghai Wujing to run acetic acid lines in July

06 March 2008 07:46  [Source: ICIS news]

SINGAPORE (ICIS news)—Shanghai Wujing plans to operate both its acetic acid lines at Wujing, Shanghai, with capacities totaling 550,000 tonnes/year in July, on easing feedstock carbon monoxide (CO) supplies, a company official said on Thursday.

 

“We will be able to operate both our acetic acid lines in July when our CO supplier, Shanghai Coking, completes their CO plant expansion,” he added.

 

The added capacity would make Shanghai Wujing the second largest acetic acid producer in China after Celanese and Jiangsu Sopo, according to industry sources.

 

Jiangsu Sopo operates a 600,000 tonne/year acetic acid plant in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu province, while global acetyls producer, Celanese, has a 600,000 tonne/year plant in Nanjing.  

 

As feedstock CO supply from Shanghai Coking was insufficient for both its lines at the same time, Shanghai Wujing had only been operating its new 300,000 tonne/year acetic acid line. Its older 250,000 tonne/year line was shut last May, and the new 300,000 tonne/year line was started up in mid-August.

 

Meanwhile, Shanghai Wujing was said to be approaching big-scale acetic acid buyers in eastern China, in line with its pre-marketing activities, a Jiangsu-based producer said, adding that the competitive market climate may soon edge out imported cargoes.

 

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By: Helen Lee
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