MOSCOW (MRC) -- Indonesia’s Chandra Asri is operating its cracker at 70% since its restart on Dec 28, a market source told TPS.
The cracker was shut on Sep 25, 2015, for debottlenecking, TPS reported earlier.
Located in Cilegon, Banten province, the debottlenecking boosted the cracker’s ethylene capacity by 260,000 mt/year, or 43.3%, to 860,000 mt/year and its propylene capacity by 150,000 mt/year, or 46.9%, to 470,000 mt/year.
It also operates a 100,000 mt/year butadiene unit which is located at the same site.
As MRC wrote previously, Barito Pacific's subsidiary Chandra Asri Petrochemical (CAP) is reportedly planning to build a naphtha refinery at its Cilegon complex in Banten, Indonesia, with an estimated investment of USD740m. The company is now undertaking a one year preliminary study for the proposed project, which would reduce its reliance on naptha imports.
Chandra Asri Petrochemical (CAP) is the largest vertically integrated petrochemical company in Indonesia with facilities located in Ciwandan, Cilegon and Puloampel, Serang in Banten Province. CAP is Indonesia's premier petrochemical plant incorporating world-class, state-of-the-art technology and supporting facilities. At the heart of CAP lies the Lummus Naphtha Cracker producing high quality Ethylene, Propylene, Mixed C4, and Pyrolysis Gasoline (Py-Gas) for the Indonesian as well as regional export markets.
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