MOSCOW (MRC) -- Russia's overall polypropylene (PP) production increased in the first seven months of 2020 by 24% year on year to 1,063,700 tonne. ZapSibNeftekhim accounted for the main increase in the output, according to MRC's ScanPlast report.
Russian plants' total PP production grew to 158,800 tonnes in July, compared to 149,400 tonnes a month earlier; ZapSibNeftekhim, Nizhnekamskneftekhim and Poliom increased their capacity utilisation. Russia's overall PP production reached 1,063,700 tonnes in January-July 2020, compared to 854,500 tonnes a year earlier. Five out of eight producers raised their capacity utilisation, with a new producer - ZapSibNeftekhim - accounting for the main increase in the output.
The structure of PP production by plants looked the following way over the stated period.
SIBUR Tobolsk reduced its capacity utilisation in July, the plant's PP production dropped to 41,800 tonnes that month versus 49,500 tonnes a month earlier. The Tobolsk plant's overall PP production reached 259,900 tonnes in January-July 2020, down by 9% year on year.
ZapSibNeftekhim, the second Tobolsk manufacturer, produced 39,100 tonnes of PP in July versus 20,100 tonnes in June, when there was a scheduled two-week shutdown for maintenance. The plant's overall output totalled 241,700 tonnes in the first seven months of 2020.
Omsk Poliom increased its capacity utilisation in July, having produced 16,400 tonnes of PP, compared to 15,100 tonnes a month earlier. The Omsk plant's PP production totalled about 94,000 tonnes over the stated period, down by 13% year on year.
Nizhnekamskneftekhim produced 18,900 tonnes of propylene polymers in July versus 17,900 tonnes a month earlier. The Nizhnekamsk plant's overall output of polymer reached 129,000 tonnes in the first seven months of 2020, compared to 124,700 tonnes a year earlier.
Tomskneftekhim produced 12,700 tonnes of propylene polymers in July versus 12,700 tonnes a month earlier. The Tomsk plant's overall PP output reached 90,000 tonnes in January-July 2020, up by 4% year on year.
Ufaorgsintez's PP production was 10,900 tonnes in July versus 11,000 tonnes in June. The Ufa plant's overall output of polymer reached 76,200 tonnes in January-July 2020, down by 3% year on year.
Neftekhimiya (Kapotnya) produced 12,800 tonnes of PP in July, compared to 12,500 tonnes a month earlier. The plant's overall PP output reached 87,900 tonnes in the first seven months of 2020, up by 6% year on year.
Stavrolen (LUKOIL) shut its PP production in July due to technical issues, and, as a result, it produced only about 6,000 tonnes of propylene polymers versus 10,700 tonnes in June. The Budenovsk plant's overall production of propylene polymers exceeded 68,800 tonnes in the first seven months of 2020 versus 67,300 tonnes a year earlier.
MRC