MOSCOW (MRC) -- Kuwait National Petroleum Co (KNPC) on Thursday announced the operation of naphtha conversion unit number 107 in the Mina Al-Ahmadi refinery with a production capacity of 30,000 bpd, reported Reuters with reference to state news agency KUNA.
As MRC informed earlier, in November 2018, Kuwait Petroleum Co prepared a study to transform its al-Zour refinery into a commercial one to increase its profitability.
We also remind that Kuwait Olefins Co (TKOC) brought on-stream its cracker in H2 November, 2017, following a maintenance turnaround. The cracker was taken off-line in end-October 2017. Located at Shuaiba in Kuwait, the cracker has a ethylene production capacity of 850,000 mt/year.
Ethylene and propylene are feedstocks for producing polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP).
According to MRC's ScanPlast report, Russia's estimated PE consumption totalled 2,093,260 tonnes in 2019, up by 6% year on year. Shipments of all PE grades increased. PE shipments rose from both domestic producers and foreign suppliers. The estimated PP consumption in the Russian market was 1,260,400 tonnes in January-December 2019, up by 4% year on year. Supply of almost all grades of propylene polymers increased, except for statistical copolymers of propylene (PP random copolymers).
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