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Emergency shutdown at Sinopec SK's HDPE unit

Emergency shutdown at Sinopec SK's HDPE unit

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According to market sources, Sinopec-SK (Wuhan) Petrochemical Company Limited has unexpectedly shut its HDPE unit yesterday (27 July 2016) due to technical glitches.

Based in Wuhan, China, the HDPE unit has a production capacity of 300,000 ton/year. It is expected to remain off-stream for about 2 days.