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MOSCOW (MRC) -- The Ineos-operated
660,000-metric tons/year phenol-acetone plant in Gladbeck, Germany, will restart
by 10 December following planned maintenance, reported Chemweek with reference to
sources.
The producer shut the plant
down for maintenance on 27 October until 6 December, according to the producer’s
website. “They have not restarted yet, they should come back in 2-3 days,” says
one source. “They are starting up right now and expect to be back online next
week if all goes to plan,” the source said on 4 December. Ineos Phenol did not
reply to a request on Monday seeking confirmation of the restart
date.
Ineos produces 409,000 metric tons/year of acetone at the Gladbeck
site, according to IHS Markit data.
As MRC wrote previously,
INEOS Phenol broke ground at its world scale cumene investment in Marl, Germany,
in October 2019. The new state-of-the-art 750 000 t unit is scheduled to be
completed in 2021. Its location will help optimise the efficiency of the plant
by integrating raw materials from the refinery and cracker complex. The site
also benefits from the Marl harbour waterway connection.
Phenol is
derived from benzene and largely used to produce bisphenol A (BPA), used in the
manufacture of plastics such as polycarbonate (PC) and epoxy resins. It is also
used in the production of phenolic resins for the construction industry.
According to MRC's ScanPlast report,
Russia's overall consumption of PC granules (excluding imports and exports
to/from Belarus) rose in January-October 2020 by 21% year on year to 79,500
tonnes (65,600 tonnes a year earlier).
Ineos Group Limited is a
privately owned multinational chemicals company consisting of 15 standalone
business units, headquartered in Rolle, Switzerland and with its registered
office in Lyndhurst, United Kingdom. It is the fourth largest chemicals company
in the world measured by revenues (after BASF, Dow Chemical and LyondellBasell)
and the largest privately owned company in the United Kingdom. |
