MOSCOW (MRC) -- Petkim, part of SOCAR, is likely to unertake a planned shutdown at its naphtha cracker in Aliaga, according to Apic-online.
A Polymerupdate source in Turkey informed that the company has planned to shut the cracker for a turnaround in the second half of October 2018. The cracker is likely to remain under maintenance for around 3-4 weeks.
Located at Aliaga in Turkey, the cracker has an ethylene production capacity of 585,000 mt/year and propylene production capacity of 240,000 mt/year.
As MRC informed before, Petkim shut down its cracker in Aliaga for unplanned maintenance from 9 to 24-25 March, 2018.
Petkim is a sole manufacturer of plastic packages, fabrics, detergents, and other petrochemical products in Turkey. By the end of 2015 Petkim’s assets increased by 44 percent as compared to 2014. Its net profit stood at 639.2 million liras in 2015.
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