Stavrolen shuts down PE production

MOSCOW (MRC)– Russia-based polyolefins producer Stavrolen has shut down its high density polyethylene (HDPE) production for a long turnaround, according to ICIS-MRC Price report with reference to the plant’s customers.

On Saturday, 16 September, Stavrolen took off-stream its HDPE production capacities for a scheduled long maintenance. The plant’s clients said the outage is to be conducted during two months. Some plant’s units will be upgraded during the turnaround.

It is worth noting that Kazanorgsintez, Russia’s largest HDPE producer, shut one of its three reactors for maintenance at the beginning of last week. The complete shutdown is scheduled for 25 September.

Stavrolen, Lukoil’s subsidiary, is Russia’s second largest HDPE producer after Kazanorgsintez and the fifth largest polypropylene (PP) manufacturer. Stavrolen’s HDPE production is 300,000 tonnes/year. The plant’s HDPE output reached 193,600 tonnes in the first eight months of 2017, up by 7% year on year.

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