NewsFlashYNCC No 2 may be down for a month

06 May 2008 04:43  [Source: ICIS news]

SINGAPORE (ICIS news)--Korean cracker operator Yeochun Naphtha Cracking Center (YNCC) may need up to a month to restart its No 2 cracker, a source close to the company said on Tuesday.

The company had tried feeding naphtha feedstock into the 550,000 tonne/year No 2 cracker earlier on Monday morning but was unsuccessful due to mechanical problems, a source from the company said.

“Our No 2 cracker is facing a lot of mechanical problems and there is no way of telling how soon it can be started up,” the source added.

YNCC had shut all three of its crackers, together with its benzene, toluene, mixed xylene (BTX) and styrene monomer (SM) plant on 3 May due to a power cut which lasted for 10 hours.

Polyolefins producers who were getting ethylene feedstock from YNCC were also forced to shutdown their plants due to the cut in the material supply.

Hanwha Chemical, Kolon Chemical, Daelim Industries and Polymirae were all unsure when their supply of ethylene feedstock would be resumed.

By: Brian Myung
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