Korea Petrochemical to Spend More than US$600 Million on Projects

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Korea Petrochemical Industry Company, one of the largest chemical companies in South Korea, plans to spend more than US$600 million on 24 projects such as unit additions, revamps, equipment additions and maintenance.

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The company is on schedule to begin a 49-day planned maintenance turnaround of the 1,764 million-pound-per-year ethylene unit at its Onsan Chemicals Plant in September; a revamp project aimed at increasing the unit capacity up to 1,984 million pounds per year will be performed during the turnaround. Subscribers can see detailed project reports for the maintenance and revamp projects.

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