MOSCOW (MRC) -- Gazprom neftekhim Salavat shut down its dioctyl phthalate (DOP) production for a scheduled maintenance, reported MRC analysts.
Market participants and a plant's representative said Gazprom neftekhim Salavat took off-stream its DOP production for a long scheduled turnaround. The outage began on 12 May and will last for about 30 day.
Gazprom neftekhim Salavat produces more than 100 products, more than 50% of which are large-capacity ones, such as motor gasolines, diesel fuels, heating oils, styrene, polystyrene, low density polyethylene, high density polyethylene, DOP plasticizer, butyl alcohols, sulfur, ammonia, carbamide, acrylic acid, butacrylate and others. Oil refining and petrochemicals are shipped to all federal districts of the country. The export geography covers over 50 countries, including Finland, China, Brazil, Great Britain, countries of Western Europe, the Baltic countries.
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