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MOSCOW (MRC) -- Borealis has fully
resumed production at its steam cracker in Stenungsund, Sweden,
reported Polymerupdate.
Thus, the
cracker with the capacity of 625,000 mtyear of ethylene was restarted on 15-17
January, 2021.
Meanwhile, the status of the force majeure
on the products from this cracker remains unclear at the
moment.
Force majeure at Stenungsund was declared after a fire started
at the cracker on 10 May last year. A restart of the cracker was initially
planned for the fourth quarter of 2020, a Borealis spokesperson told OPIS in
September.
As MRC reported
previously, the company began the process of the cracker restart in early
January, 2021.
Ethylene and propylene are feedstocks for producing
polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP).
According to MRC's DataScope report,
PE imports to Russia decreased in January-November 2020 by 17% year on year and
reached 569,900 tonnes. High density polyethylene (HDPE) accounted for the
greatest reduction in imports. At the same time, PP imports into Russia
increased by 21% year on year to about 202,000 tonnes in the first eleven months
of 2020. Propylene homopolymer (homopolymer PP) accounted for the main increase
in imports.
Borealis is a leading provider of innovative solutions in the
fields of polyolefins, base chemicals and fertilizers. With headquarters in
Vienna, Austria, Borealis currently employs around 6,500 and operates in over
120 countries. |
