MOSCOW (MRC) -- PTT Global Chemical (PTTGC) is likely to shut its I4-No.2 cracker for maintenance turnaround, as per Apic-online.
A Polymerupdate source in Thailand informed that the cracker is planned to be shut in late September 2014. It is likely to remain off-stream for around one month.
Located at Map ta Phut, Thailand, the cracker has a production capacity of 400,000 mt/year.
As MRC wrote previously, PTTGC shut its linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) plant for maintenance turnaround, in mid-July 2014. It is likely to remain off-stream for around three weeks. Located at Map Ta Phut, Thailand, the plant has a production capacity of 400,000 mt/year.
As MRC reported earlier, last year, Indonesian state-owned energy company Pertamina signed an agreement to purchase petrochemical products from Thailand’s PTT Global Chemical. The agreement serves as a pre-marketing strategy for Pertamina and PTT’s joint Indonesian petrochemical business. Under the agreement, PTT will deliver at least 5,000 tonnes of polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) products each month to Pertamina for sale in Indonesia.
Recently, Pertamina and PTTGC have announced that they would start joint shipments of PE to the Indonesian market from 1 July 2014. However, they will postpone their shipments to Indonesia till August.
PTT Global Chemical is a leading player in the petrochemical industry and owns several petrochemical facilities with a combined capacity of 8.45 million tonnes a year.
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