China's Shanghai Petchem shuts smaller MEG line in Jinshan
16 June 2009 03:48 [Source: ICIS news]
SHENZHEN, China (ICIS news)--Chinese producer Shanghai Petrochem shut down its 225,000 tonne/year monoethylene glycol (MEG) line in Jinshan on Monday due to mechanical problems, a company source said on Tuesday.
The plant will be off line for about eight days. “Restart is expected by next Monday or Tuesday,” said the source.
The company runs another MEG line at the site with a bigger capacity of 380,000 tonnes/year.
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