APIC ‘12: Iran’s PCC Borzuyeh aromatics unit shut for maintenance
18 May 2012 04:26 [Source: ICIS news]
KUALA LUMPUR (ICIS)--Iran Petrochemical Commercial Company’s (PCC) 750,000 tonne/year Borzuyeh aromatics unit is currently shut for scheduled month-long maintenance, a company source said on Friday.
PCC is targeting to restart the complex in early-June, the source said.
The Asaluyeh-based unit has a nameplate PX capacity of 750,000 tonnes/year; orthoxylene (OX) capacity of 100,000 tonnes/year, and; benzene capacity of 430,000 tonnes/year.
The unit ran at 70% of nameplate capacity prior to its shutdown on 10 May.
By: Bohan Loh
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