UPDATE: Vietnam’s Nghi Son to remain operational after funding agreement

07 Feb 2022 Vietnam’s largest refinery previously lowered operating rates to 80% in January due to financial difficulties. The company was initially facing threat of a lengthy shutdown due to the lack of crude supply.

26 Jan 2022

Vietnam’s Nghi Son might shut PP plant in February

Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochemical might need to take its PP plant in Vietnam offline due to feedstock supply disruption...

19 Jan 2022

Vietnam’s Hyosung restarted PDH and PP plant after technical glitches

According to market sources, Hyosung Vina Chemical has restarted its propane dehydrogenation (PDH) unit in Southern Vietnam on 7 January 2022 after shutting the line in mid December last year due to a technical difficulty.

14 Jan 2022

Unexpected production issue forced Thailand’s PTT to shut the LLDPE plant

Thailand’s PTT Global Chemical has reportedly shut its LLDPE plant in Map Tai Phut complex this week after encountering an unexpected technical issue, according to market sources.

14 Jan 2022

Oman’s OQ Chem shut PP plant on unexpected technical issue

The PP plant consists of three production lines with a combined capacity of 300,000 tons/year would remain shut for two weeks.

13 Jan 2022

South Korea’s KPIC to cut operating rates at Onsan cracker on negative margins

KPIC is not the only South Korean producer that announced operating rate cuts due to negative margins. Earlier this week, LG Chem decided to lower run rates at three of its steam crackers to 80% throughout January.