It is unclear when the cracker will be able to restart. Downstream polymers units have also been shut.
The naphtha-based cracker has nameplate capacity to produce 480,000 t/yr of ethylene and 240,000 t/yr of propylene. Downstream derivatives include a 250,000 t/yr polyethylene (PE) unit and 300,000 t/yr polypropylene (PP) unit.
JG Summit raised ethylene capacity by 50pc through an expansion project last year.
By Lee Toong Shien