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China's CNPC Guangdong started up new PP plant; PE units to follow suitChina's CNPC Guangdong started up new PP plant; PE units to follow suit |
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According to market sources, CNPC Guangdong Petrochemical (or Jieyang Refinery) has successfully started up the newly constructed PP unit in Guangdong on 13 October 2022 – a month earlier than the initial schedule.
The 500,000 tons/year PP plant has reached on-spec cargoes at the time of this report.
Meanwhile, the PE plant at the same location consists of a 400,000 tons/year HDPE unit and a 400,000 tons/year HDPE/LLDPE swing unit is expected to come online in the next couple of weeks.
