(Minprom) -- After a two-year overhaul, polyethylene and ethylene workshops are to be launched by the end of August at Kalush-based Karpatneftehim; in the first half of September two new lines - one chlorine and caustic soda, and a PVC unit will be started. Russia's Lukoil-Neftehim invested over $500 mln. into that project.
Comissioning is in process now in Kalush near Ivano-Frankovsk.Officially, polyethylene unit is to start operations on August 25; ethylene unit is to be launched on August 27, chlorine and soda line starts on September 14 and PVC line is to be launched on September 15.