Nippon Oil eyes Oita PX restart around 20 May

16 April 2008 05:40  [Source: ICIS news]

SINGAPORE (ICIS news)--Nippon Oil plans to restart its 400,000 tonnes/year paraxylene (PX) joint venture plant in Japan around 20 May after a catalyst change and maintenance, a company official said on Wednesday.

The plant – a joint venture with Kyushu Oil – is located in Oita prefecture and was shut down in late February, he said.

Nippon Oil’s 350,000 tonnes/year PX unit in Kawasaki would also undergo a month-long turnaround starting August.

The producer also planned to shut down its No 1 line in Mizushima for maintenance from October to November, while there were no plans for a shutdown for the No 2 line.

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

There were no plans to debottleneck its PX facilities this year, the official added.

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By: Peh Soo Hwee
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