Lotte Chemical has announced its maintenance schedule for the year 2020. The company is likely to shut its MEG unit for maintenance in the month of October 2020. The unit is likely to remain off-stream for around 3-4 weeks.
South Korea based Lotte Chemical is one of the largest MEG producer, operates three MEG units in Yeosu and two MEG units in Daesan. The units in Yeosu have a combined MEG capacity of 400,000 tonnes/year and the units in Daesan have a combined MEG capacity of 700,000 tonnes/year.