China’s Zhongjing Petrochemical to startup new PP plant in June

19 Apr 2022 At the moment, Zhongjing operates two existing PP lines with a nameplate capacity of 1 million tons/year and a 750,000 tons/year propane dehydrogenation (PDH) unit based in Fujian, China.

15 Apr 2022

UPDATE: Singapore’s ExxonMobil mulls over shutdown at No. 1 cracker

In the previous week, the producer formally announced the suspension at several downstream units due to unforeseen external market factors that significantly impact the company’s businesses.

12 Apr 2022

Indian producers enter maintenance shutdown season

Among the makers, HMEL has been operating at reduced rates throughout March and is scheduled to go offline in May. At the time of the report, the producer is running at 40% rates.

11 Apr 2022

UPDATE: Malaysia’s PrefChem aims to restart in May

The company has been repeatedly attempting to bring the complex online over the past years, however, none has been materialised.

06 Apr 2022

UPDATE: Vietnam’s Long Son is on track to start up polyolefin plants in 3Q-2022

Long Son Petrochemical is on track to start up its new complex in Vietnam this August as the construction at the polyolefin plants has reached 96% completion, according to market sources.

04 Apr 2022

ExxonMobil to shut part of Singapore complex due to unfavourable market factors

The company did not specify which units are affected by the shutdown, however, reassured buyers of a stable supply of performance polyethylene (metallocene grade).

30 Mar 2022

China’s Maoming Petrochemical brought forward maintenance shutdown after fire

China’s Maoming Petrochemical has decided to bring forward the maintenance shutdown schedule at its plant in Guangdong after a fire broke out at the complex, forcing the producer to shut the No. 2 cracker.

28 Mar 2022

Vietnam’s Nghi Son shut PP plant due to technical issue

Nghi Son has been facing several production disruptions since the beginning of 2022.

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