China's Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum starts up new PP facility

06 July 2009 07:16  [Source: ICIS news]

GUANGZHOU (ICIS news)--Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum Group started up its new 200,000 tonne/year polypropylene (PP) facility at Yan'an, Shaanxi province, in late June, bringing its total PP capacity to 300,000 tonnes/year, a company source said on Monday.

"Commercial run will start within this month," the source said, adding that in-house liquified petroleum gas (LPG) would be used as a feedstock.

The company did not reveal its total investment in the new unit, construction of which started around two years ago, the source added.

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