MOSCOW (MRC) -- Global sales control has been announced by OQ Chemicals (Monheim am Rhein, Germany) on all grades of its carboxylic acids and aldehydes, said Chemweek.
N-heptanoic acid, n-pelargonic acid, n-heptanal, n-nonanal, and n-undecanal have all been placed under sales control, effective immediately.
OQ says it has implemented the measure due primarily to strong demand and recent short-term raw material disruptions, as well as in order to prepare for a planned maintenance turnaround at the company’s production site at Bay City, Texas.
"OQ Chemicals will be evaluating all orders for the future supply of the products listed above to ensure that the company can maintain the reliability of supply for its long-term customers per contractual and other ongoing commitments," it says. Sales control will remain in place until further notice, it adds.
The company announced sales control for its US oxo intermediate products in late January due to increased demand and supply shortages for oxo intermediate products produced at its Bay City facility.
As MRC wrote before, in September 2020, OQ Chemicals entered into an agreement to license its advanced proprietary technology for the production of ethylene and propylene derivatives to Duqm Refinery and Petrochemicals Industries Company (DRPIC) in Oman. DRPIC, a joint venture between Oman Oil Company and Kuwait International Oil Company, is a planned grassroots petrochemical complex at Duqm, Oman. In all, DRPIC awarded twelve license packages to international licensors.
Ethylene and propylene are feedstocks for producing polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP).
According to MRC's ScanPlast report, Russia's estimated PE consumption totalled 2,220,640 tonnes in 2020, up by 2% year on year. Only shipments of low density polyethylene (LDPE) and high density polyethylene (HDPE) increased. At the same time, polypropylene (PP) shipments to the Russian market reached 1 240,000 tonnes in 2020 (calculated using the formula: production, minus exports, plus imports, exluding producers' inventories as of 1 January, 2020).
OQ Chemicals, formerly Oxea, is a global manufacturer of oxo intermediates and oxo derivatives, such as alcohols, polyols, carboxylic acids, specialty esters, and amines. These products are used for the production of high-quality coatings, lubricants, cosmetics and pharmaceutical products, flavours and fragrances, printing inks and plastics. OQ Chemicals is part of OQ, an integrated energy company that delivers sustainability and business excellence. OQ operates in 16 countries and covers the entire value chain from exploration and production to the marketing and distribution of its products.
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