Japanese refinery and petrochemical producer Eneos has shutdown its cracker unit for maintenance turnaround. The unit will be shut down on 1st December 2020. Earlier unit has faced several mechanical issues and required immediate maintenance and repairs. Eneos plans to maintain cracker operations at 95pc capacity this week and then gradually reduce operations to 75-80pc from the beginning of next week, in the run up to the full shutdown. The shutdown is expected to last for about 4-5 weeks from the beginning of December.
The naphtha-based cracker has nameplate capacity to produce 540,000 t/yr of ethylene and 300,000 t/yr of propylene. The olefins are supplied to pipeline users, mainly for polyethylene, ethylene oxide, polypropylene and butadiene at Kawasaki.
Japanese refinery and petrochemical producer Eneos has shutdown its cracker unit for maintenance turnaround. The unit will be shut down on 1st December 2020. Earlier unit has faced several mechanical issues and require immediate maintenance and repairs. Eneos plans to maintain cracker operations at 95pc capacity this week and then gradually reduce operations to 75-80pc from the beginning of next week, in the run up to the full shutdown. The shutdown is expected to last for about 4-5 weeks from the beginning of December.
The naphtha-based cracker has nameplate capacity to produce 540,000 t/yr of ethylene and 300,000 t/yr of propylene. The olefins are supplied to pipeline users, mainly for polyethylene, ethylene oxide, polypropylene and butadiene at Kawasaki.
