Maoming extends SBS line shutdown on feedstock

10 June 2008 11:28  [Source: ICIS news]

SHANGHAI (ICIS news)--Sinopec subsidiary Maoming Petrochemical has extended the shutdown at its 30,000 tonne/year styrene butadiene styrene (SBS) line on low feedstock from its upstream butadiene plant, a company source said on Tuesday.

The company's 100,000 tonne/year butadiene (BD) unit had stopped production after it was shut down following a fire at its No 2 cracker, the source added in Mandarin.

"We are not sure when the SBS and BD plants will resume to normal," the source said.

The company’s No 1 cracker did not suffer severe damages and was restarted last Thursday, following which its derivate 50,000 tonne/year BD unit was also restarted. Maoming also restarted a 50,000 tonne/year SBS line.

The company is located at Maoming city in the southern province of Guangdong.

Amber Liu and Helen Yan contributed to this article

By: Judith Wang
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