MOSCOW (MRC) -- Hyundai Cosmo Petrochemical (HCP) is in plans to shut its No 1 aromatics plant for maintenance turnaround, as per Apic-online.
A Polymerupdate source in South Korea informed that the plant is likely to be shut in end-April 2015. It is planned to remain off-stream for around 40 days.
Located in Daesan, South Korea, the plant can produce 380,000 tonnes/year of PX and 120,000 tonnes/year of benzene.
As MRC wrote before, Indonesian state-owned energy company Pertamina shut down its aromatics plant in Indonesia for a 40-day maintenance turnaround in end-September 2014. Located in Cilacap, Indonesia, the plant has a PX capacity of 270,000 mt/year and benzene capacity of 110,000 mt/year.
Besides, South Korean petrochemical company LG Chemical took off-stream an aromatics plant in South Korea for maintenance turnaround on October 15, 2014. It remained off-stream till end-November 2014. Located at Yeosu in South Korea, the plant has a benzene capacity of 240,000 mt/year, toluene capacity of 100,000 mt/year and solvent-grade MX capacity of 55,000 mt/year.
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