UPDATE: Vietnam’s Long Son Petrochemical achieved on-spec PP cargoes

23 Nov 2022 According to Vietnamese market participants, Long Son Petrochemical has successfully started up the PP unit in Southern Vietnam and achieved on-spec cargoes this week – nearly a month behind schedule.

27 Oct 2022

Fire broke out at Malaysia’s Pengerang Integrated Complex

According to an official statement posted on its website, Malaysia’s PETRONAS confirmed a fire and explosion that took place at one of the interconnecting pipes at the Pengerang Integrated Complex (PIC), Johor.

26 Oct 2022

Saudi’s PetroRabigh to shut PP, and PE units for maintenance in December

There are no schedules set for the LLDPE unit. However, the line experienced some production hiccups in August-September, which restricted availability for this grade to a certain extent.

25 Oct 2022

Indonesia’s Chandra Asri declared force majeure at steam cracker

In an official letter to customers, the producer said the event has severely affected its ability to fulfil contract obligations for both PP and PE cargoes

14 Oct 2022

China's CNPC Guangdong started up new PP plant; PE units to follow suit

According to market sources, CNPC Guangdong Petrochemical (or Jieyang Refinery) has successfully started up the newly constructed PP unit in Guangdong on 13 October 2022

06 Oct 2022

UPDATE: Hyosung restarted PDH plant; aimed to ramp up operation in a week

The producer reportedly targets to stabilise the production and reach 100% capacity within a week.

10 Sep 2022

A fire broke out at Vietnam's Long Son Petrochemical plant

Earlier this month, Vietnamese market participants reported that Long Son Petrochemical successfully brought online the 450,000 tons/year HDPE unit

30 Aug 2022

India’s Reliance announced expansion plans at PVC plants

On 29 August 2022, Reliance Industries announced investment plans to boost PVC production outputs in India by 1.5 million tons by 2025-2026, effectively reducing the country’s heavy dependency on imports.

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