India’s MRPL sets its sights on petchem expansion

07 Jun 2023 The motive of the expansion is to diversify the portfolio of the company by having a wide range of products

07 Jun 2023

China’s Sinopec mulls over building new PE plant in Kazakhstan

Chinese petrochemical giant Sinopec is looking to potentially partner up with Kazakhstan’s state-owned JSC NC KazMunayGas (KMG) on the development of a 1.25 million ton/year grassroots polyethylene (PE) plant

30 May 2023

Iran’s Arvand Petrochemical to install second PVC plant in Mahshahr

Iran’s Arvand Petrochemical has announced a new project to erect the second polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plant in Mahshahr, incorporated with relatively similar production capacity and technology as the existing plant

29 May 2023

UPDATE: Vietnam’s Hyosung to complete maintenance works at PDH and PP plant

As reported earlier, both downstream PP units, each has an annual capacity of 300,000 tons/year are shut progressively for 20 – 22 days throughout the overhaul at the upstream PDH plant.

22 May 2023

Malaysia’s PrefChem shut LLDPE line for maintenance

According to market sources, Pengerang Refining and Petrochemical (PRefChem) has shut the LLDPE line in the Southern state of Johor, Malaysia

22 May 2023

Iraq to launch a new petrochemical plant in Basra set to cost $8.5 billion

Initially signed in 2015 but held back due to financial and internal issues, the project is expected to take about 5-6 years to complete

19 Apr 2023

Indonesia's Pertamina shut ROPP unit, trim propylene output

According to market sources, the shutdown is expected to curtail 25-30% of the propylene outputs.

15 Mar 2023

UPDATE: Malaysia’s PrefChem restarted the HDPE line, ramping up run rates

PrefChem is a 50%-50% joint venture between Petronas and Saudi Aramco. The complex houses a naphtha cracker that produces 1.2 million tons/year of ethylene

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