MOSCOW (MRC) -- Karpatneftekhim (Kalush, Ivano-Frankivsk region), Ukraine's largest petrochemical plant, had resumed operations at its olefins complex by 20 February, after the forced outage, reported MRC.
A plant's source said Karpatneftekhim had resumed ethylene production by 20 February, after a long shutdown, which started on 12 January and was caused by a fire on the pipeline. The Ukrainian producer also launched its high density polyethylene (HDPE) production, which was shut along with the ethylene unit.
The plant's polyvinyl chloride (PVC) production was not shut and was partially supported by shipments of ethylene from Hungary.
As reported earlier, Karpatneftekhim resumed operations on 9 June 2017, after a five-year outage. Besides, the scheduled turnaround at the plant's HDPE and PVC production capacities was conducted last year, it began on 5 November and was quite long. Karpatneftekhim had resumed its PVC production by 7 December, the start-up of its HDPE production began 10 December.
Karpatneftekhim is one of the largest enterprises of Ukraine's petrochemical complex. Currently, the plant can produce annually 300,000 tonnes of PVC, 200,000 tonnes of caustic soda, about 180,000 tonnes of chlorine, as well as 250,000 tonnes of ethylene and 100,000 tonnes of polyethylene.
MRC