Shell restarts Bukom cracker after turnaround, not yet at full rates
16 March 2011 10:00 [Source: ICIS news]
SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Shell restarted its 800,000 tonne/year mixed-feed cracker in
The cracker, however, was not yet running at full rates, they said, without providing further details.
It was shut for maintenance on 20 February and was originally expected to resume operations in mid-March.
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