MOSCOW (MRC) -- PTT Global Chemical (PTTGC) is likely to shut a linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) plant for maintenance turnaround, as per Apic-online.
A Polymerupdate source in Thailand informed that the plant is planned to be shut in mid-July 2014. It is likely to remain off-stream for around three weeks.
Located at Map Ta Phut, Thailand, the plant has a production capacity of 400,000 mt/year.
As MRC reported earlier, last year, Indonesian state-owned energy company Pertamina signed an agreement to purchase petrochemical products from Thailand’s PTT Global Chemical. The agreement serves as a pre-marketing strategy for Pertamina and PTT’s joint Indonesian petrochemical business. Under the agreement, PTT will deliver at least 5,000 tonnes of polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) products each month to Pertamina for sale in Indonesia.
Recently, Pertamina and PTTGC have announced that they will start joint shipments of PE to the Indonesian market from 1 July 2014.
PTT Global Chemical is a leading player in the petrochemical industry and owns several petrochemical facilities with a combined capacity of 8.45 million tonnes a year.
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