MOSCOW (MRC) -- Zhenhai Refining & Chemical Co (ZRCC), part of Sinopec Group, is in plans to shut its linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) plant for a scheduled maintenance in H2 May, 2021, according to CommoPlast.
The turnaround at this plant is scheduled to last until the first half of June, 2021.
Located in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, China, the plant has a production capacity of 500,000 mt/year.
As MRC informed earlier, Zhongke Refinery and Petrochemical Complex, also part of Sinopec Group, successfully conducted trial runs at its new 350,000 tons/year polypropylene (PP) unit on 9 June, 2020. Based in Zhenjiang, China, the complex consists of two PP lines with combined production capacity of 550,000 tons/year, a 100,000 tons/year low density polyethylene (LDPE) plant and a 350,000 tons/year high density polyethylene (HDPE)/LLDPE plant. All lines were expected to startup within July-August 2020 period.
According to MRC's ScanPlast report, March LLDPE shipments into Russia increased to 35,200 tonnes from 6,520 tonnes a year earlier. ZapSibNeftekhim significantly reduced its export sales and also raised its own production. LLDPE shipments were 74,850 tonnes in the first quarter of 2021, down by 22% year on year.
China Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec Group) is a super-large petroleum and petrochemical enterprise group established in July 1998 on the basis of the former China Petrochemical Corporation. Sinopec Group's key business activities include the exploration and production of oil and natural gas, petrochemicals and other chemical products, oil refining.
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