DATE : 2013-08-02

CNOOC and Shell Petrochemicals Co (CSPC) has shut its Styrene monomer/Propylene oxide (SM/PO) plant owing to power failure.

A Polymerupdate source in China informed that the plant was shut on August 1, 2013. A restart date for the plant could not be ascertained.

Located in Nanhai, Guangdong province of China, the plant has an SM capacity of 560,000 mt/year and Propylene oxide capacity of 250,000 mt/year.  

SOURCE : PolymerUpdate