2017/10/24 |
Mexichem's Colombia PVC force majeure may last to mid-October |
Polyvinyl chloride volumes from Mexichem Resinas Colombia are likely to remain limited and a force majeure could remain in place until mid-O... |
2017/10/19 |
No.3 MEG Unit Shuts For Maintenance By Nan Ya Plastics |
Nan Ya Plastics has undertaken a planned shutdown at its No.3 monoethylene glycol (MEG) unit. The unit was taken off-stream on October 5, 20... |
2017/10/05 |
Hurricane Harvey Damage Oil Refiners |
According to Bloomberg report three weeks after Hurricane Harvey ravaged the massive fuel-making industry along the Texas coast, the region’... |
2017/09/28 |
Formosa Chemicals plans maintenance No.1 and No.2 SM plants |
Formosa Chemicals & Fiber Corp (FCFC) is likely to undertake maintenance at its No.1 and No.2 styrene monomer (SM) plants in September 2... |
2017/09/14 |
China's Changzhou Dohow shuts SM line on ethylene shortage |
China's Changzhou Dohow Chemical shut its 300 kta No. 2 styrene monomer line in eastern Jiangsu province due to a shortage of feedstock ethy... |
2017/09/07 |
Texas Refiners Spared by Harvey Sweat Storm's Second Round |
According to Bloomberg report that refiners in South Texas are starting to recover from Harvey, forecasters have the storm gearing up for a... |
2017/08/31 |
FPCC Plans To Restart Mailiao No.3 Cracker |
Formosa Petrochemical Corporation (FPCC) is likely to be brought its No.3 cracker in Mailiao. The company has planned to completed turnaroun... |
2017/08/17 |
Indorama on track for Q4 restart of Louisiana ethylene plant |
Indorama Ventures is on track for a 4Q18 restart of a dormant ethane cracker near Lake Charles, Louisiana. Approximately 90% of the output p... |
2017/08/03 |
Chiba Cracker To Be Taken Off-Stream By Idemitsu Koasan |
Idemitsu Kosan is in plans shut its naphtha cracker for a maintenance turnaround. The cracker is expected to be taken off-line for maintenan... |
2017/07/20 |
Unplanned outage reported at Ethylene cracker of Equate |
Equate Petrochemical Company has undertaken an emergency shutdown at its No. 2 ethylene cracker at Shuaiba. The company has halted operation... |