Today's Chemical Processing Hotline Headlines

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North America
Eastman Chemical is performing minor maintenance (pit stop) on the 300 million-pound-per-year Hydrocarbon Cracking (HCC) 3 Unit at its Longview, Texas, plant. The unit shut down on February 16 and is expected to restart on March 1.

International
Yeochun NCC Company Limited, on February 20, shut down the 1,036-million-pound-per-year ethylene unit at its Yeosu Chemicals No 3 Plant in South Korea, after an explosion during a spare heat exchange tightness test on February 11. The restart is expected by March 30.

Sahara International Petrochemical Company has moved up a 29-day maintenance turnaround of the 1,030-million-pound-per-year Propane Dehydrogenation (PDH) Unit, which will now begin February 14, at its Jubail Petrochemical Complex, Saudi Arabia. The restart is expected March 14. A 29-day planned maintenance turnaround of the 992.10 million-pound-per-year polypropylene unit also began February 14.

NS Styrene Monomer Company Limited, on February 20, began a 48-day planned turnaround of the 537.2 million-pound-per-year No. 3 Ethylbenzene Unit at its Oita Chemicals Plant in Japan. The restart is expected April 8.

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