Braskem polypropylene PP factory lines blackout - Arhive
Braskem polypropylene PP factory
Braskem shuts down one of its PP factory lines due to blackout
MOSCOW – Braskem, Brazil’s largest petrochemical company, on April 9 stopped production on line C at a polypropylene (PP) plant in La Porte (LaPorte, Texas, USA) due to a power outage, ICIS reported from referring to a company statement sent to the Texas Environmental Protection Commission (TCEQ). Braskem polypropylene PP factory
At present, it is still unknown how long this line will stand idle at an enterprise with a capacity of 390 thousand tons of PP per year.
Earlier it was noted that at the end of March this year, Braskem already closed the PP plant in La Porte due to technical problems.
And last year the company carried out planned preventive maintenance at this plant from the beginning of October until the end of November.
According to the ScanPlast review of Market Report, the delivery of PP to the Russian market in the first two months of 2020 amounted to 192.76 thousand tons, which is 6% less than the same indicator in 2019. The main decrease in supplies came from propylene homopolymer (PP-homo). Braskem polypropylene PP factory
Located in São Paolo, Braskem is the leading Brazilian petrochemical company and the main producer of polyethylene and polypropylene in the country. The company owns the largest petrochemical facilities in Latin America and is the fifth largest petrochemical product in the world. Braskem polypropylene PP factory
Braskem operates 18 chemical plants with a production capacity of more than 11 million tons of chemical and petrochemical products per year.
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Author: Margarita Volkova
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Braskem polypropylene PP factory