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Emergency shutdown at PetroChina Dushanzi's PP and PE unitsEmergency shutdown at PetroChina Dushanzi's PP and PE units |
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According to market sources, PetroChina Dushanzi Petrochemical Corporation has unexpectedly shut its upstream and downstream units this afternoon due to electricity power failure.
Located at Xinjiang, China, the company has a 300,000 ton/year HDPE unit, two full density polyethylene plants with production capacity of 600,000 ton/year (new) and 120,000 ton/year (old), a 550,000 ton/year PP plant, and a 1 million ton/year of ethylene cracker. It is expected to remain off-stream for 6-7 days.