MOSCOW (MRC) -- Zhong Tian He Chuang Energy, a joint venture of Sinopec and China Coal Energy Group, has restarted its low density polyethylene (LDPE) unit following an unplanned outage, according to Apic-online.
A Polymerupdate source in China informed that the company has resumed operations at the unit on November 18, 2019. The unit was shut on November 6, 2019 owing to a technical glitch.
Located at Ordos in Inner Mongolia, China, the LDPE unit has a production capacity of 120,000 mt/year.
As MRC reported earlier, Zhong Tian He Chuang took off-stream LDPE unit in Ordos in early-April, 2019 owing to a technical glitch. Further details on duration of an unplanned outage could not be ascertained. Located at Ordos in Inner Mongolia, China, the LDPE unit has a production capacity of 250,000 mt/year.
According to MRC's ScanPlast report, Russia's September estimated low density polyethylene (LDPE) consumption grew to 47,980 tonnes from 43,390 tonnes a month earlier. PE shipments from Belarus increased significantly, whereas exports decreased. Kazanorgsintez had fully resumed its LDPE production by 24 October after the shutdown for a scheduled turnaround. The estimated LDPE consumption in Russia totalled 429,720 tonnes in the first nine months of 2019, up by 7% year on year. Some producers' LDPE production decreased, whereas imports rose by 16%.
Sinopec Corp. is one of the largest scale integrated energy and chemical company with upstream, midstream and downstream operations. Its principal business includes: exploring, developing, producing and trading crude oil and natural gas; producing, storing, transporting and distributing and marketing petroleum products, petrochemical products, synthetic fiber, fertilizer and other chemical products. Its refining capacity and ethylene capacity rank No.2 and No.4 globally. Sinopec listed in Hong Kong, New York, London and Shanghai in August 2001. Sinopec Group, the parent company of Sinopec Corp., is ranked the 5th in Fortune Global 500 in 2012.
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