Oman Polypropylene to restart Sohar unit in April

10 April 2008 08:34  [Source: ICIS news]

SINGAPORE (ICIS news)--Oman Polypropylene expects to restart its Sohar plant by mid-April, after a two-week outage, a source close to the company said on Thursday.

“The 340,000 tonne/year polypropylene (PP) plant was shut down on 31 March due to a disruption in supply of propylene feedstock,” the source added.

Sohar Refinery, Oman Polypropylene’s propylene supplier, went down on 31 March due to technical problems, the source said.

The unscheduled shutdown would further tighten the already restricted PP supply in the region, traders said.

Oman Polypropylene officials were not available for comment.

The PP maker is 40% owned by Oman Oil. LG International, Gulf Investment and International Petroleum Investment each hold a 20% share in Oman Polypropylene.

 

By: Prema Viswanathan
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