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China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) and Shell Nanhai B.V. (Shell) has officially announced the startup of its second ethylene cracker at Nanhai petrochemical complex on 2 May 2018.

Based in Huizhou, Guangdong Province, China, the ethylene cracker has a production capacity of 1.2 million tons/year. As reported earlier, the phase II projects also include a 400,000 tons/year PP plant, a 300,000 tons/year LLDPE plant and a 400,000 tons/year HDPE plant which have been successfully completed trial production since past months. In addition, the new facility will also include a styrene monomer (SM) and propylene oxide (SMPO) plant, which will be the largest in China when it begins operations.