A Polymerupdate source in China informed that the plant is planned to be shut in H2 September. It is likely to remain off-stream for around 40 days.

 

Located at Huizhou in China, the plant has a PX capacity of 840,000 mt/year and MX capacity of 130,000 mt/year.

 

We remind that Indonesian state-owned energy company Pertamina is in plans to shut down an aromatics plant for maintenance turnaround in end-September 2014. It is likely to remain off-stream for around 40 days. Located in Cilacap, Indonesia, the plant has a PX capacity of 270,000 mt/year and benzene capacity of 110,000 mt/year.

 

As MRC wrote previously, Idemitsu Kosan, one of Japan's largest refining and petrochemical companies, shut down its aromatics plant for maintenance turnaround in July 2014. It is likely to remain shut for around 50 days. Located in Chiba, Japan, the plant has a PX capacity of 265,000 mt/year, benzene capacity of 577,000 mt/year and MX capacity of 353,000 mt/year.