Hanwha Total Petrochemical is in plans to shut its Deasan cracker for maintenance and debottlenecking exercise. The company is expected to start maintenance along with the capacity expansion at the cracker in end-March, 2019. The cracker is expected to complete turnaround and expansion process in 40-45 days. Following the expansion, the ethylene capacity will be increased by 310 kta and propylene capacity will be increased by 120 kta. The cracker has an ethylene capacity of 1.09 mta and propylene capacity of 640 kta that is locate at Daesan in South Korea.