MOSCOW (MRC) -- Idemitsu SM Malaysia is likely to shut its styrene monomer (SM) plant for a maintenance turnaround, as per Apic-online.
A Polymerupdate source in Malaysia informed that the plant is scheduled to be taken off-stream in mid-April 2016. It is salted to remain under maintenance for around one and a half month.
Located in Pasir Gudang, Malaysia, the plant has a production capacity of 240,000 mt/year.
As MRC reported earlier, Idemitsu SM Malaysia already conducted a turnaround at its SM plant in Pasir Gudang from 1 June to end-June 2015. Located at Pasir Gudang in Malaysia, the plant has a production capacity of 240,000 mt/year.
Idemitsu Kosan is a Japanese petroleum company. It owns and operates oil platforms, refineries and produces and sells petroleum, oils and petrochemical products. The company runs two petrochemical plants in Chiba and Tokuyama. The two naphtha crackers can produce up to 997,000 tonnes of ethylene per year.
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