Aromatics plant to be restarted by PTTGC

:: 26 Sep  2014 ::

PTT Global Chemical (PTTGC) is likely to resume operations at its No.2 aromatics plant.

A Polymerupdate source in Thailand informed that the plant is planned to be restarted in end-September or early October 2014. The plant was shut on September 15, 2014. The company is also expected to end a force majeure on supplies of benzene and paraxylene from the plant coinciding with its restart. The FM was declared on September 19, 2014.

Located at Rayong in Thailand, the plant has a PX capacity of 655,000 mt/year, benzene capacity of 355,000 mt/year and toluene capacity of 60,000 mt/year.

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