MOSCOW (MRC) -- Thailand’s PTT Global Chemical Public Co Ltd ((PTTGC) ) is planning to take off-stream its high density polyethylene (HDPE) No. 2 plant in Map Ta Phut in the first quarter of 2020, reported CommoPlast.
Thus, this plant is expected to be shut in late January, 2020. The planned maintenance is likely to remain in force for around 15 days.
Located at Map Ta Phut in Thailand, the HDPE No. plant has a capacity of 300,000 mt/year.
As MRC informed before, the company also plans to shut if cracker No. 1 for a turnaround in Q1 2020. This cracker is expected to be taken off-line in late January 2020. The planned maintenance is likely to remain in force for around 40 days. Located at Map Ta Phut in Thailand, the cracker has an ethylene production capacity of 515,000 mt/year and a propylene production capacity of 310,000 mt/year.
According to MRC's ScanPlast report, Russia's HDPE production totalled 729,500 tonnes in the first ten months of 2019, down by 8% year on year. Two producers out of three reduced their output.
PTT Global Chemical is a leading player in the petrochemical industry and owns several petrochemical facilities with a combined capacity of 8.45 million tonnes a year.
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