IIR Top Chemical Processing, Refining News Today: March 26th 2020

Dow Chemical has postponed a 50-day maintenance turnaround originally scheduled for August 2020 at the 2.4 billion-pound-per-year ethylene unit in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada. The maintenance has been postponed until 2021 due to market instability caused by COVID-19. Current plans for a polyethylene maintenance turnaround are still on schedule; however, the timing is being evaluated and could also be delayed due to COVID-19.