Published on November 22, 2017
Shell Chemicals took an important decision of idling its two Phenol units after Acetone. The idling of these units in 2018 in US will balance the Phenol supply in the country. The Phenol unit no3 will be kept idle based at Deer Park in Texas. This unit has the production capacity of 2, 40,000 mt/year. The lost phenol capacity is expected to significantly curb exports of US phenol into Asia, rather than cutting into product available for domestic buyers.
