MOSCOW (MRC) -- Chandra Asri is in plans to shut its naphtha cracker for a maintenance turnaround, as pre Apic-online.
A Polymerupdate source in Indonesia informed that the cracker is planned to be shut towards the end of September 2015. It is likely to remain shut for around three months during which a debottlenecking exercise is planned to be undertaken.
Located at Cilegon in Indonesia, the cracker has an ethylene capacity of 600,000 mt/year and propylene production capacity of 320,000 mt/year.
We remind that, as MRC informed previously, Barito Pacific's subsidiary Chandra Asri Petrochemical (CAP) is reportedly planning to build a naphtha refinery at its Cilegon complex in Banten, Indonesia, with an estimated investment of USD740m. The company is now undertaking a one year preliminary study for the proposed project, which would reduce its reliance on naptha imports.
Chandra Asri Petrochemical (CAP) is the largest vertically integrated petrochemical company in Indonesia with facilities located in Ciwandan, Cilegon and Puloampel, Serang in Banten Province. CAP is Indonesia's premier petrochemical plant incorporating world-class, state-of-the-art technology and supporting facilities. At the heart of CAP lies the Lummus Naphtha Cracker producing high quality Ethylene, Propylene, Mixed C4, and Pyrolysis Gasoline (Py-Gas) for the Indonesian as well as regional export markets.
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