RFCC to be shut by Formosa for maintenance

:: 20 Aug  2014 ::

Formosa Petrochemical Corp (FPC) is planning to shut its No. 1 residual fluid catalytic cracker (RFCC) for maintenance turnaround.

A Polymerupdate source in Taiwan informed that the unit is planned to be shut in H2 September 2014. The planned shutdown has been planned to take care of a technical glitch.

Located at Mailiao in Taiwan, the unit has a propylene capacity of 375,000 mt/year.

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