Full rates near for INEOS Grangemouth crackers

16 May 2008 14:03  [Source: ICIS news]

LONDON (ICIS news)--INEOS Olefins’ two crackers at its Grangemouth, Scotland, site were fully on spec and the producer was currently ramping up operating rates, a company source said on Friday.

The source declined to disclose current operating rates but said that it was INEOS’s intention to achieve full rates imminently.

INEOS restarted the KG and G4 crackers last week after shutting them down at the end of April in preparation for a two-day strike over final salary pensions.

Its G4 and KG crackers have a nameplate capacity of 320,000 tonnes/year and 725,000 tonnes/year ethylene respectively and both produce around 190,000 tonnes/year of propylene.

INEOS also has a 45,000 tonne/year propylene producing fluid catalytic cracker (FCC) linked to the refinery.

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By: Nel Weddle
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