MOSCOW (MRC) -- Thailand's PTT Global Chemical (PTTGC) has restarted a low density polyethylene (LDPE) plant, according to Apic-online.
A Polymerupdate source in Thailand informed that the plant restarted on October 18, 2013. It was shut on July 10, 2013 owing to technical issues.
Located in Map Ta Phut, Thailand, the plant has a production capacity of 300,000 mt/year.
As MRC wrote previously, in June 2013, Indonesian state-owned energy company Pertamina signed an agreement to purchase petrochemical products from Thailand’s PTT Global Chemical. The agreement serves as a pre-marketing strategy for Pertamina and PTT’s joint Indonesian petrochemical business. Under the agreement, PTT will deliver at least 5,000 tonnes of polyethylene and polypropylene products each month to Pertamina for sale in Indonesia.
PTT Global Chemical is a leading player in the petrochemical industry and owns several petrochemical facilities with a combined capacity of 8.45 million tonnes a year. PTTGC is 49% owned by state-controlled parent PTT Pcl, and uses ethane and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from the gas plant as feedstock for its I4-2 olefins plant.
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