DATE : 2014-07-03
Taiwan’s Formosa Petrochemical Corp (FPCC) will shut its 176,000 tonne/year butadiene (BD) extraction unit in Mailiao in August when its 1.2m tonne/year No 3 cracker shuts for maintenance, a company source said.
The No 3 cracker will shut from 16 August until 30 September, the source added.
FPCC’s two other BD units at the same site will run at 100% capacity during this period, according to the source.
FPCC has a 109,000 tonne/year BD unit at its 700,000 tonne/year No 1 cracker and a 162,000 tonne/year BD unit at its 1.03m tonne/year No 2 cracker.
SOURCE Icis News