MOSCOW (MRC) -- The Kuwait National Petroleum Co. (KNPC) said work on a project linked to the Al-Ahmadi oil refinery was halted because a worker was diagnosed with the new coronavirus, said Reuters.
The worker, an Indian national, was employed by a contractor, KNPC said on Twitter, without giving details about the project.
"Work has stopped on the project until precautionary measures are taken to identify those who came in contact with him and the necessary tests are done," it said.
As MRC informed earlier, Kuwait National Petroleum Co (KNPC) on Thursday announced the operation of naphtha conversion unit number 107 in the Mina Al-Ahmadi refinery with a production capacity of 30,000 bpd.
Ethylene and propylene are feedstocks for producing polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP).
According to MRC's ScanPlast report, Russia's estimated PE consumption totalled 383,760 tonnes in the first two month of 2020, up by 14% year on year. High density polyethylene (HDPE) and linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) shipments increased due to the increased capacity utilisation at ZapSibNeftekhim. At the same time, PP shipments to the Russian market were 192,760 tonnes in January-February 2020, down by 6% year on year. Homopolymer PP accounted for the main decrease in imports.
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