SINGAPORE (ICIS) -- South Korea's SK Energy has started the maintenance shutdown at its polyolefin facilities in Ulsan, with the restart date set on 2 November, a company source said on Wednesday.
The company's 218,000 tonne/year linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) plant at the site was taken off line on Tuesday, the source said.
Meanwhile, SK Energy's 183,000 tonne/year high density PE (HDPE) plant and its two polypropylene (PP) plants with a combined capacity of 376,000 tonnes/year in Ulsan were scheduled to be taken off line on 17 October, the source said.
Other major PE producers in South Korea include Honam Petrochemical and Hanwha Chemical.