Russia PP production rises 3% in January-June

MOSCOW (MRC)–Production of polypropylene (PP) in Russia increased to 690,200 tonnes in first six months of this year, up 3% compared to the same period of 2015, according to MRC ScanPlast.

June PP production in the country decreased to 87,200 tonnes compared to 123,200 tonnes in May. Ufaorgsintez, Tobolsk-Polymer and Tomskneftekhim shut their capacities for scheduled maintenance works last month.

Total PP production in Russia reached 690,200 tonnes in the first six months of the year, compared with 667,800 tonnes in the same period of 2015. SIBUR’s Tobolsk-Polymer, the largest producer of PP in Russia, produced about 17,800 tonnes against 44,300 tonnes a month earlier. The producer shut units for turnaround in the first half of June, and plans to restart PP production in the late July. Tobolsk-Polymer’s PP production reached 232,400 tonnes in the first six months of the year, compared with 215,100 tonnes year on year.

Poliom (Titan Group) produced about 17,900 tonnes of PP in June, compared with 18,600 tonnes in May. Total PP production at the plant over the reported period exceeded 102,200 tonnes, compared with 98,900 tonnes in the first six months of 2015.

Nizhnekamskneftekhim decreased PP production to 18,100 tonnes in June against 18,900 tonnes in May. Total PP output at Nizhnekamskneftekhim exceeded 109,300 tonnes in January-June 2016, compared to 108,500 tonnes in the same time a year earlier.

Tomskneftekhim in June produced slightly more than 9,000 tonnes of polypropylene, while in May PP output slightly exceeded 12,200 tonnes.

The producer shut its capacities for a month long turnaround in the late July. The producer’s PP production over the six months of the year was 66,600 tonnes, down 6% in the same time a year earlier.

Stavrolen (LUKOIL) last month increased capacity utilisation, total polypropylene production had risen to 10,000 tonnes against 8,700 tonnes in May. PP production at Stavrolen was 57,500 tonnes in the first six months of the year, compared with 54,500 tonnes in the same time a year earlier.

Neftekhimiya (Kapotnya) last month produced about 11,000 tonnes of PP, compared with 9,700 tonnes in May. The producer’s PP output in the first six months of the year reached 64,000 tonnes, up 14% year on year.

Ufaorgsintez last month shut its capacities for turnaround, the final output was approximately 6,300 tonnes. The producer’s PP output decreased to 58,100 tonnes in January-June 2016 compared with 64,000 tonnes year on year.

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