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MOSCOW (MRC) -- MOL has take an
ethylene steam cracker off-stream for a turnaround, according to Apic-online.
A Polymerupdate
source in Hungary informed that the company has undertaken a planned shutdown at
the cracker in mid-September, 2018. The cracker is slated to remain shut for
about one month.
Located in Tiszaujvaros, Hungary, the cracker has an
ethylene capacity of 290,000 mt/year, propylene capacity of 155,000 mt/year and
butadiene capacity of 130,000 mt/year.
As MRC informed before, in June
2018, MOL Group entered into a strategic partnership with INOVACAT, a Dutch
technology innovator in the refining and petrochemical industries. The
cooperation is expected to further upscale and commercializes INOVACAT’s
breakthrough GASOLFINTM technology that converts naphtha into propylene,
butylene and BTX (benzene, toluene, and xylene), while supporting MOL’s
strategic objective to become a leading chemical company in Central Eastern
Europe. |
