NewsFlashYNCC to shut down No 2 cracker today

13 June 2008 08:43  [Source: ICIS news]

SINGAPORE (ICIS news)--Yeochun Naphtha Cracking Center will shut down its No 2 cracker at 5:00 pm local time (08:00 GMT) due to leakage in its purification tower, a source from the company said on Friday.

"The company will shut its No 2 cracker due to a gas leakage at its purification tower," the source added in Korean.

The 550,000 tonne/year cracker was restarted on 8 May after a power outage forced the company to shut down all three crackers on 3 May.

YNCC is the largest producer of ethylene in South Korea, with a combined capacity of  1.8m tonnes/year.

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By: Brian Myung
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