Sabic will launch the production of olefins in the Netherlands this weekend – Sabic olefins Netherlands - Arhive
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Sabic will launch the production of olefins in the Netherlands this weekend
MOSCOW ( Market Report ) – Sabic Europe, a subsidiary of the Saudi company Sabic in Europe, plans to launch production of olefins at this weekend cracking unit No. 3 in Geleen, the Netherlands, afterwards for scheduled preventive maintenance, ICIS reported. Press secretary of the company.
“We had some difficulties in restarting our cracking unit No. 3 after repairs, but now we have solved these problems and are planning to launch this weekend,” the spokeswoman said.
Restart after a scheduled repair, which began in March, was originally expected in the second half of May.
Sabic Europe has two cracking units on this site, which usually close for scheduled repairs every six years. This cracking unit with a capacity of 575,000 tons of ethylene per year was closed for repairs in early March. Initially, the restart was expected in the second half of May. The sources reported attempts to launch the cracker on May 24 and May 29.
Earlier it was reported that Sabic Europe on May 18 resumed the production of butadiene with a capacity of 130 thousand tons per year at the plant in Geleen (the Netherlands) after the planned preventive works.
Ethylene is the main raw material component for the production of polyethylene (PE).
According to DataScope of MRC, for the first four months of the year the total volume of external supplies of polyethylene (PE) to the Russian market grew by 3% compared to the level of 2016 and amounted to 160 thousand tons. Supplies of low-density polyethylene (HDPE) and ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) have risen dramatically.
Sabic Europe (the Netherlands), includes three refineries in Europe: Geleen (Netherlands), Teesside and Wilton (Great Britain) and Gelsenkirchen (Germany).
Sabic is a diversified company producing chemical products, industrial polymers, fertilizers and metals.
It is the largest state company in Saudi Arabia. Sabic is currently the world’s second largest producer of ethylene glycol, the third largest producer of polyethylene, the fourth largest producer of polypropylene.
Mrcplast.ru
Author: Anna Larionova