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.