China’s Yangzi Petchem to shut down cracker

03 April 2008 04:46  [Source: ICIS news]

SHANGHAI (ICIS news)--Yangzi Petrochemical,  a Sinopec subsidiary, plans to shut down its 400,000 tonne/year No 1 cracker in mid-April for a scheduled maintenance, a source from the east China-based company said on Thursday.

"The disruption will last about 15 days from 16 April to 1 May," the source added in Mandarin.

The cracker shutdown would affect some of the producer’s downstream units including a 200,000 tonne/year linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) plant which would be shut down on 19 April for 7-8 days, said the source, adding that once the LLDPE plant resumed operations, an 80,000 tonne/year high density PE (HDPE) line would be shut for three days.

Another 200,000 tonnes/year monoethylene glycol (MEG) facility would see a 33-day shutdown from 9 April to 12 May, the source added.

The firm's 200,000 tonnes/year polypropylene (PP) unit had shut down on 1 April for a planned turnaround and would be restarted on 6 April, said the source.

Yangzi's 250,000 tonnes/year No 2 cracker and other downstream units including a 190,000 tonnes/year PP plant and 180,000 tonnes/year HDPE lines were running normally, the source added.

By: Jade Xu
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