Al-Jubail acetic acid, VAM plants back up after power outage
25 January 2012 11:12 [Source: ICIS news]
SINGAPORE (ICIS)--International Acetyl Company (IAC)’s acetic acid plant as well as the adjoining International Vinyl Acetate Company (IVC) vinyl acetate monomer (VAM) plant, are back to operating at normal rates following a power outage at the Jubail Industrial City in Saudi Arabia, a source close to the company said on Wednesday.
“The plants were only affected for a while on 19 January which resulted in a marginal decrease in operating rates,” the source said, adding that there was no major impact on the acetic acid and VAM markets.
“We are worried only if there was a long outage but as of now, the plants are working as scheduled,” he added.
The 460,000 tonne/year acetic acid plant and the 330,000 tonne/year VAM plant are understood to be operating at around 95% capacity currently, according to the source.
The acetic acid plant is slated for a routine maintenance shutdown in April.
Major acetic acid producers in Asia include US-based
Acetic acid is an important chemical reagent and industrial chemical.
Vinyl acetate is the precursor to polyvinyl acetate, an important polymer in industry.
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