MOSCOW (MRC) -- The Litvinov operations in the Czech Republic were hit by a blast at the steam cracker unit last August, and the plant's refinery has been running at reduced capacity, said Hydrocarbonprocessing.
Petrochemical group Unipetrol started planned maintenance outage at its Litvinov refinery and connected operations on Tuesday, expected to last until April 30, a company spokesman said.
The Litvinov operations have been hit by a blast at the steam cracker unit last August and the plant's refinery has been running at reduced capacity.
Unipetrol had said it expected the cracker to start working at minimum 65% capacity by July 2016 and at full capacity in October.
As MRC reported earlier, Unipetrol had already restarted its polymerization units at the Litvinov plant - polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) - at limited extent and for a temporary production thanks to external feedstock deliveries of ethylene and propylene.
Unipetrol , a.s. is a group of companies operating in the petrochemical industry in the Czech Republic. In 2005 Unipetrol became a part of the PKN ORLEN Group, the largest oil processor in Central Europe. The UNIPETROL Group is oriented mostly towards oil processing, fuel distribution and petrochemical production. In all of these business areas the Unipetrol Group is among the key players both in the Czech Republic and on the Central European market. The Group ranks among the leading firms in the Czech Republic in terms of its revenues, and employs almost 4,000 people.
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