Malaysia’s PrefChem shut cracker on technical glitch

According to market sources, Pengerang Refining and Petrochemical (PRefChem) abruptly shut down its cracker in Malaysia last Friday, 25 October 2019, due to an unspecified technical issue.

The naphtha cracker produces 1.2 million tons/year of ethylene and 600,000 tons/year of propylene.

Sources with knowledge of the matter said that it might take roughly ten days for the cracker to come back online.