Nippon Oil restarts Mizushima FCC; runs Kawasaki cracker at 90-95%
25 March 2010 04:10 [Source: ICIS news]
SINGAPORE (ICIS news)--Nippon Oil Corp, Japan’s largest refiner, restarted its fluid catalytic cracker (FCC) unit in Mizushima early this week after it was taken off line due to unspecified problems, a company official said on Thursday.
“The FCC was restarted on Tuesday,” said the official.
The unit produces around 100,000 tonnes/year of propylene.
Separately, Nippon Oil's upstream 460,000 tonne/year naphtha cracker in
The facility was expected to be taken off line for 19 days of repairs starting 21 April, the source added.
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