Thailand based PTTGC has updated the planned start-up of its aromatic unit and Phenol unit 2. The expansion will incur an cost of around 128.8 million dollar in the first quarter of this year. There will be an addition of capacity of around 1,70,000 t/year. PCN earlier reported the project would increase paraxylene capacity to 770,000 t/y from 655,000 t/y, raise benzene capacity to 390,000 t/y from 355,000 t/y, and add 20,000 t/y of orthoxylene capacity. The complex also has 60,000 t/y of toluene capacity.
PTTGC shut down the aromatics complex on 28 July 2015 for scheduled maintenance and to tie in the debottlenecked capacity. It had been expected to come back on stream during the fourth quarter of last year.
PTT Phenol plans to complete and start up the Phenol 2 project in Map Ta Phut during the second quarter of this year.
The $348.3-million project, originally scheduled to begin commercial operations by the third quarter of 2015, involves 250,000 t/y of phenol capacity and 155,000 t/y of acetone capacity.
