MOSCOW (MRC) -- Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical has taken off-stream a low density polyethylene (LDPE) unit in Shanghai, as per Apic-online.
A Polymerupdate source in China informed that the company has started turnaround at the unit early this week. The unit is likely to remain under maintenance for around 10 days.
Located at Shanghai in China, the No.3 LDPE unit has a production capacity of 120,000 mt/year.
As MRC wrote previously, on 2 January 2018, Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical took off-stream a high density polyethylene (HDPE) plant in China owing to technical issues. Further details of duration of shutdown could not be ascertained. Located at Shanghai in China, the plant has a production capacity of 250,000 mt/year.
China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation, or Sinopec Limited is a Chinese oil and gas company based in Beijing, China. It is listed in Hong Kong and also trades in Shanghai and New York . Sinopec is the worlds fifth biggest company by revenue.
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