Scheduled turnaround on Russia's Sibur PE plants

According to market sources, Sibur has shut its PE plants for a planned maintenance since 23 May 2020.

Based in Russia, the turnaround includes both old and new PE plants of Sibur which consists of TOMSKNEFTEKHIM with 270,000 tons/year of LDPE unit as well as ZapSibNeftekhim with a 700,000 tons/year HDPE unit and 800,000 tons/year LLDPE/HDPE swing plant.

All PE plants are expected to remain off-stream for about 20 days. A source closed to the company informed that previously the lines have been operating at lower rates, and expected production rate shall be ramp up higher after resume from maintenance shutdown.