MOSCOW (MRC) -- Indonesia's PT Pertamina announced that its new residual fluid catalytic cracking unit at the Cilicap refinery in Java, Indonesia, has entered the commissioning stage, as per GV.
Production of the RFCC will include about 140,000 t/y of propylene, 389,000 t/y of liquefied petroleum gas and 37,500 b/d of gasoline with octane levels above RON 93 and standard euro 3 specification.
"The company is expecting that all units of equipment can be in operation this September so that we will see the first drop of production next month," said Pertamina Refining Director Rachmad Hardadi.
As MRC informed earlier, Pertamina signed an agreement to purchase petrochemical products from 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.
Pertamina is an Indonesian state-owned oil and natural gas corporation based in Jakarta. It was created in August 1968 by the merger of Pertamin (established 1961) and Permina (established 1957). Pertamina is the world's largest producer and exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG).
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