Nippon Oil eyes Oita PX unit start-up in late May

04 April 2008 04:59  [Source: ICIS news]

SINGAPORE (ICIS news)--Nippon Oil plans to start up its 360,000 tonne/year paraxylene (PX) joint venture plant in Japan by late May after a catalyst change and maintenance, a company official said on Friday.

The plant – a joint venture with Kyushu Oil – is located in Oita prefecture and was shut at the end of February.

Nippon Oil’s 350,000 tonne/year PX unit in Kawasaki will also have a month-long turnaround in August.

The producer also plans to shut its No. 1 line in Mizushima for maintenance from October to November.

“We have no shutdown plans for the other line,” the official said.

Each line has a PX nameplate capacity of 225,000 tonnes/year.

For more on PX, visit ICIS chemical intelligence.

By: Peh Soo Hwee
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