Gazprom neftekhim Salavat shut PE production

MOSCOW (MRC)–Gazprom neftekhim Salavat has shut down its polyethylene (PE) production for a scheduled maintenance, according to analysis from MRC.

The plant’s customers said Gazprom neftekhim Salavat took off-stream its PE production for a scheduled turnaround on 1 July.

The plant’s low density polyethylene (LDPE) production was shut for 30 days, whereas its high density polyethylene (HDPE) production was taken off-stream only for one week.

Angarsk Polymers Plant (Rosneft) shut its LDPE production capacities for a long maintenance on 22 June. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Tomskneftekhim (SIBUR) postponed a turnaround from 15 July to 31 August, the outage is planned to last for two weeks.

OAO “Gazprom neftekhim Salavat” (formerly OAO “Salavatnefteorgsintez”) is one of the leading petrochemical companies in Russia, carrying out a full cycle of processing hydrocarbon material.

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