MOSCOW (MRC) -- MarkWest Javelina, has shut its Corpus Christi cracker owing to power failure, according to Apic-online.
A Polymerupdate source in the US informed that, the company has halted operations at the cracker on January 26, 2020. Further details on duration of shutdown could not be ascertained.
Located in Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S., the cracker has an ethylene capacity of 1 million mt/year and a propylene capacity of 45,000 mt/year.
Ethylene and propylene are feedstocks for producing polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP).
According to MRC's ScanPlast report, Russia's estimated PE consumption totalled 1,904,410 tonnes in the first eleven months of 2019, up by 6% year on year. Shipments of all PE grades increased. PE shipments increased from both domestic producers and foreign suppliers. The PP consumption in the Russian market was 1,161,830 tonnes in January-November 2019, up by 7% year on year. Deliveries of all grades of propylene polymers increased, with the homopolymer PP segment accounting for the largest increase.
Markwest Javelina Company, L.L.C. was founded in 2008. The company's line of business includes providing oil and gas services.
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