Taiwan’s CPC Corp runs No 7 aromatics unit at high rates
Sheau Ling Ong
18-Apr-2014
SINGAPORE (ICIS)–Taiwan’s CPC Corp has been operating its No
7 aromatics plant in Kaoishung at high operating rates
since it was restarted in early April following a planned
turnaround, a company source said late on Thursday.
The facility was
shut for planned turnaround from 10 February to
early April, the source said.
The source did not specify the exact operating rates of the
unit.
The No 7 aromatics unit is the newest addition to CPC and was
first started up in September 2013.
“After the restart of the [No 7 unit], we may not need to buy
any spot May benzene cargoes,” the source said.
At the same site, CPC’s other No 3, No 5 and No 6 aromatic
plants were still running at reduced rates, while its two
toluene disproportionation (TDP) units will stay shut in May.
The company produced 390,000 tonnes of benzene in 2013.
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