April HDPE output in Russia totalled about 60,800  tonnes. Thus, Russian producers reduced their HDPE production from January to April 2014 to 306,000 tonnes from 340,700 tonnes a year earlier. The outage at Stavrolen (force majeure) and Nizhnekamsneftekhim"s switch-over for LLDPE production affected production figures over the first four months of the year.

 

The HDPE output at Russian plants from January to April 2014 looks the following way.

 

Gazprom neftekhim Salavat accounted for the most significant increase in production over the first four months of 2014. The plant"s HDPE output rose to 34,300 tonnes over the said period, up by almost half year on year. Gazprom neftekhim Salavant has recently launched additional capacities for ethylene production, which will allow the plant to increase its HDPE production to 100,000 tonnes.

 

Kazanorgsintez (part of TAIF group), Russia"s largest polyethylene (PE) producer, showed a more modest increase in production. The plant"s HDPE output totalled about 176,300 tonnes over the first four months of the year, up by 6% year on year.

 

Nizhnekamskneftekhim (part of TAIF group), Russia"s third largest HDPE producer, reduced its production from January to April 2014 to 47,500 tonnes from 51,000 tonnes a year earlier. As reported earlier, the plant"s lower output was largely caused by its switch-over to LLDPE production over the stated period.