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MOSCOW (MRC) --
Karpatneftekhim (Kalush, Ivano-Frankivsk region), Ukraine"s largest
petrochemical plant, shut down its high density polyethylene (HDPE) production,
according to ICIS-MRC
Price report.
The plant"s customers said the Ukrainian producer was
forced to take off-stream its PP production on 23 September due to technical
issues. The outage will not last long, and polyethylene (PE) production is
planned to resume operations by 28 September The plant"s annual production
capacity is 120,000 tonnes.
Karpatneftekhim is one of the largest
enterprises of Ukraine"s petrochemical complex. Currently, the plant can produce
annually 300,000 tonnes of PVC, 200,000 tonnes of caustic soda, about 180,000
tonnes of chlorine, as well as 250,000 tonnes of ethylene and 100,000 tonnes of
polyethylene. |
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