MOSCOW (MRC) -- PTT Global Chemical is in plans to shut its low density polyethylene (LDPE) plant for maintenance turnaround, as per Apic-online.
A Polymerupdate source in Thailand informed that the plant is planned to be shut in end-August 2014. It is likely to remain shut for around one month.
Located at Map Ta Phut in Thailand, the plant has a production capacity of 300,000 mt/year.
We remind that PTTGC is likely to shut down its I4-No.2 cracker for maintenance turnaround in late September 2014. It is likely to remain off-stream for around one month. Located at Map ta Phut, Thailand, the cracker 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 would start joint shipments of PE to the Indonesian market from 1 July 2014. However, they will postpone their shipments to Indonesia till August.
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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