Shanghai SECCO delays restart at cracker

It is reported that Shanghai Secco Petrochemical Co Ltd decided to postpone the restart at its 1.09 million tons/year cracker in Shanghai, China to the beginning of December, about two weeks later than the initial plan.

The company shut the entire petrochemical complex for an annual turn around on 8 October and was planning to restart by the second half of November.

The delay in coming back has spur some demand for spot ethylene among Chinese buyers, which helps to support the rebound in Asian ethylene market recently.