MOSCOW (MRC) -- PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical Tbk. (CAP) is likely to restart its high density polyethylene (HDPE) plant following a maintenance turnaround, according to Apic-online.
A Polymerupdate source in Indonesia informed that the company has planned to complete turnaround at this plant this week. The plant was shut for in early-August, 2019.
Located in Cilegon, West Java, Indonesia, the HDPE plant has a production capacity of 135,000 mt/year.
As MRC informed before, CAP shut its naphtha cracker in Cilegon for a turnaround in early August, 2019. It is expected to remain off-stream for a period of around 6-7 weeks.
According to MRC's DataScope report, August imports of high density polyethylene (HDPE) into Russia reached a record high since 2014 and exceeded 35,900 tonnes. Overall imports of this polyethylene (PE) totalled 232,400 tonnes in January-August 2019.
CAP is the largest integrated petrochemical company in Indonesia and operates the country’s only world-scale size Naphtha Cracker. The CAP plant is strategically located in Banten province, providing convenient access to key customers.
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