Daqing plans August polyolefin/BTX shutdowns
22 July 2008 13:41 [Source: ICIS news]
SINGAPORE (ICIS news)--PetroChina subsidiary Daqing Petrochemical will shut down its benzene, toluene, xylene (BTX) and polyolefin plants for scheduled maintenance in August, in tandem with the partial shutdown of a naphtha cracker at the same site, a company source said on Tuesday.
“On 18 August, the company will be shutting down its 200,000 tonne/year low density polyethylene (LDPE) and 100,000 tonne/year polypropylene (PP) plants, together with one of two lines in its 240,000 tonne/year high density polyethylene (HDPE) plant,” the source said.
The polyolefin units at the site in Daqing were slated for a two-week turnaround in line with a partial maintenance shutdown at the 300,000 tonne/year cracker, added the source.
Meanwhile, the company would halve the operating rates at its 190,000 tonne/year benzene, 120,000 tonne/year toluene and 105,000 tonne/year xylene units on 14 August.
Then on 21 August, the aromatics units would be completely idled for about eight days, added the source.
The company was expected to start ramping up output again on 29 August and full production should be achieved by 5 September, the source said.
“The [production cuts] are due to less material from the cracker, which would affect operations at the aromatics plants,” said the source.
“We have decided not to shut the smaller LDPE and LLDPE (linear low density PE) units but if there is a feedstock shortage, we might have to shut at least one of them,” the source added.
Salmon Aidan Lee and Judith Wang contributed to this article
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