Emergency shutdown at Sinopec Shanghai's HDPE unit
Emergency shutdown at Sinopec Shanghai's HDPE unit
According to market sources, Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co Ltd has unexpectedly shut its HDPE unit today (21 October 2016) due to unexpected technical glitches.
Based in Shanghai, China, the HDPE unit has a production capacity of 250,000 tons/year. It is expected to remain off-stream until 30 October 2016.