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Emergency shutdown at China's Sinopec-SK HDPE plant

Emergency shutdown at China's Sinopec-SK HDPE plant



According to market sources, Sinopec-SK (Wuhan) Petrochemical Company Limited has unexpectedly shut its HDPE unit since 7 April 2017 afternoon due to agglomeration on the reactor.

Based in Wuhan, China, the HDPE plant has a production capacity of 300,000 tons/year. It is expected to remain off-stream for about 7-10 days.