Philippine cracker operator JG Summit has postponed the start-up of several of its expanded downstream petrochemical units to this year's fourth quarter, as the Covid-19 outbreak and the subsequent nation-wide lockdown affected work that was initially expected to see them come on stream in June.
News ID: 9255 Publish Date : 2020/04/28
Ethylene prices in northeast Asia have broken the $400/t cfr floor as supply outstripped demand in the region.
News ID: 9155 Publish Date : 2020/04/15
State-controlled Indian refiner IOC may be forced to maintain a shutdown at its petrochemical units in Paradip following an extension of the Covid-19 lockdown in the eastern state of Odisha, where the plant is located.
News ID: 9091 Publish Date : 2020/04/09
Indian polymer demand is continuing to fall as the country approaches its second week of a 21-day lockdown to stem its coronavirus outbreak.
News ID: 8992 Publish Date : 2020/03/31
South Korea's Lotte Chemical has shut its 1.1mn t/yr ethylene cracker in Daesan after an explosion that has injured at least 31 people.
News ID: 8580 Publish Date : 2020/03/04
Japan's naphtha imports for ethylene production in November fell against a year earlier for the third consecutive month, reflecting lower ethylene output and the rising use of butane as an alternative feedstock.
News ID: 7996 Publish Date : 2019/12/17
A series of cracker turnarounds in southeast Asia during next year's first quarter will tighten ethylene and propylene supplies, potentially lending support to current weak sentiment in the olefins market
News ID: 7907 Publish Date : 2019/12/11
Japan's naphtha imports in September fell from a year earlier, pressured by weaker demand from the country's ethylene producers.
News ID: 7025 Publish Date : 2019/10/30
Construction of a new ethylene oxide plant will begin soon in Andimeshk, Khuzestan Province, director of public relations of Persian Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company said Saturday.
News ID: 3831 Publish Date : 2019/03/04
Kavian Petrochemical Complex, one of Iran's largest ethylene producers, has embarked on technical feasibility studies to increase its ethylene output by 10-15%.
News ID: 1553 Publish Date : 2017/11/16