MOSCOW (MRC) -- PTT Global Chemical (PTTGC), Thailand’s largest petrochemical producer, is likely to take its No.1 cracker off-stream for a maintenance turnaround, as per Apic-online.
A Polymerupdate source in Thailand informed that the cracker is expected to be taken off-line in end-August 2017. The planned maintenance is likely to remain in force for around 2 or 3 weeks.
Located at Map Ta Phut in Thailand, the cracker has an ethylene production capacity of 460,000 mt/year and a propylene production capacity of 125,000 mt/year.
As MRC reported earlier, PTTGC is in plan to shut its No. 3 cracker for a maintenance turnaround in March 2017. The planned maintenance is expected to remain in force for around 2 weeks. Located at Map Ta Phut in Thailand, the cracker has an ethylene production capacity of 1 million mt/year and a propylene production capacity of 250,000 mt/year.
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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