YNCC restarts No 2 BTX plant after turnaround

21 April 2008 05:01  [Source: ICIS news]

SINGAPORE (ICIS news)--Yeochun Naphtha Cracking Center (YNCC) is restarting its No 2 BTX (benzene-toluene-xylene) plant in Yeochun, South Korea on Monday after a scheduled turnaround, a company source said.

The plant was initially scheduled to complete its maintenance on Saturday, however, the source declined to comment on the delay in the restart of the plant.

The BTX plant produces 120,000 tonnes/year of benzene, 60,000 tonnes/year of toluene and 40,000 tonnes/year of solvent grade xylene.

YNCC’s BTX No 1 plant, also based in Yeochun, completed its turnaround earlier this month.

There are only three producers of this grade of xylene in South Korea- YNCC, Honam Petrochemical and LG Chem.

For more on BTX, visit ICIS chemical intelligence  

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Author: Brian Myung
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