Styrindo shuts SM plant on power outage

29 May 2008 03:07  [Source: ICIS news]

SINGAPORE (ICIS news) – Styrindo Mono Indonesia (SMI) has shut both its styrene monomer (SM) plants in Merak due to a power outage, a source from the company who was in Singapore to attend the Asia Petrochemical Industry Conference (APIC), said on Thursday.

 

“The plants were shut due to a power outage yesterday and the government has indicated that power could be restored only by Thursday noon,” the source said.

 

The company’s 250,000 tonne/year No 2 SM unit was restarted on Tuesday after a turnaround and the 100,000 tonne/year No 1 SM unit was scheduled to be shut for maintenance in late June.

 

SMI was acquired by Chandra Asri, Indonesia’s sole cracker operator, last year.

 

APIC, held over two days in Singapire this year, ended on Wednesday.

 

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By: Brian Myung
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