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South Korea's SK shuts PDH unit for turnaround

South Korea's SK shuts PDH unit for turnaround



According to market sources, SK Advance, a joint venture between South Korea’s largest LPG supplier SK Gas and Advanced Petrochemical Company (APC) of Saudi Arabia, has shut its propane dehydrogenation (PDH) plant for a scheduled maintenance since 20 November 2017.

Based in Ulsan, South Korea, the plant has a propylene capacity of 600,000 tons/year. It is expected to remain off-stream for around a month.