Today's Chemical Processing Hotline Headlines

North America
LyondellBasell is performing a 70-day plant-wide turnaround at its 1,130 million-pound-per-year ethylene, 606 million-pound-per-year Low-Density Polyethylene (LDPE) and 700 million-pound-per-year Linear Low-Density Polyethylene (LLDPE) units in Morris, Illinois. The turnaround is expected to be completed in early August.

International
Shandong Jingbo Zhongju New Material is performing an unplanned turnaround of the 882 million-pound-per-year Polypropylene (PP) Unit 2 at its chemical complex in Binshou, China, and expectations are to restart the unit by June 5.

Pucheng Clean Energy Chemical is performing a 14-day turnaround of the 881 million-pound-per-year PP Unit 1 at its Weinan (Pucheg) Polyolefins plant in China, and expectations are to restart the unit by June 6.

Zhejiang Shaoxing Sanjin Petrochemical is performing an unplanned turnaround of the 661 million-pound-per-year PP unit at its polypropylene plant in Shaoxing, China, and expectations are to restart the unit by June 5.

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