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Emergency shutdown at Malaysia's LCT crackers

Emergency shutdown at Malaysia's LCT crackers



According to market sources, Lotte Chemical Titan (M) Sdn Bhd has shut both of its cracker today (11 April 2017) due to a cut in water supplies.

Based in Pasir Gudang, Malaysia, both of the crackers are able to produce 1.08 million tons/year of ethylene and 410,000 tons/year of propylene. It is expected to remain off-stream for at least 4-5 days.