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China’s Wanhua Chemical reached on-spec ethylene cargoes at new crackerChina’s Wanhua Chemical reached on-spec ethylene cargoes at new cracker |
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It is reported that Wanha Chemical has started up the LPG feed steam cracker in Yantai, China earlier this month and managed to produce on-spec ethylene cargoes on 9 November 2020.
The cracker has an annual capacity of 1 million tons/year of ethylene, 530,000 tons/year of propylene, and 50,000 tons/year of butadiene.
The cracker is part of the company’s newly constructed petrochemical complex. Downstream units at the same site are integrated with the cracker, however, these units have yet to come online.
The following table detailed the downstream products and annual capacity:
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Product |
Capacity (ton/year) |
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Combined and reported by CommoPlast |
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PVC |
400,000 |
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EO |
150,000 |
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HDPE |
350,000 |
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LLDPE |
450,000 |
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PP |
300,000 |
Country
China
