UPDATE: PE plants shutdown in China May-June 2020
UPDATE: PE plants shutdown in China May-June 2020
It is reported that a number of local PE plants in China are having maintenance shutdown throughout the month of May and June 2020, which is curbing domestic availability to a certain extent.
CommoPlast estimates that as a result of concentrated plant offline in June, the market could see up to 239,609 tons loss in production. The following table detailed out the overhaul schedule at each plant.
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Plant Name |
Product |
Annual Capacity |
Shutdown Date |
Restart Date |
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Combined and reported by CommoPlast |
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Yangzi-Basf Petrochemical |
LDPE |
200,000 |
01 May |
H2 of June |
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Shenhua Ningxia-Coal |
FDPE |
450,000 |
05 May |
13 June |
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Tianjin United Petrochemical |
LLDPE |
120,000 |
08 May |
04 July |
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Sinopec-Sabic Tianjin |
HDPE |
300,000 |
09 May |
10 July |
|
LLDPE |
300,000 |
09 May |
09 July |
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Pucheng Clean Energy |
FDPE |
300,000 |
11 May |
End of June |
|
CNOOC Shell Phase II |
LLDPE |
300,000 |
26 May |
12 June |
|
Qilu Petrochemical |
FDPE (Old line) |
120,000 |
02 June |
10 June |
|
Zhongjian Hechuang |
LDPE (Kettle Method) |
120,000 |
03 June |
01 July |
|
Maoming Petrochemical |
LDPE (No. 1) |
110,000 |
03 June |
End of June |
|
Zhongjian Hechuang |
LDPE (Pipe Method) |
250,000 |
04 June |
02 July |
|
LLDPE |
300,000 |
06 June |
04 July |
|
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Lanzhou Petrochemical |
FDPE (old) |
60,000 |
08 June |
Unknown |
|
HDPE (No. 2) |
100,000 |
08 June |
10 June |
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Maoming Petrochemical |
LDPE (No. 2) |
250,000 |
08 June |
10 June |
|
Daqing Petrochemical |
FDPE (No. 1) |
250,000 |
09 June |
10 June |
|
FDPE (No. 2) |
300,000 |
09 June |
Unknown |
|
|
HDPE (C line) |
100,000 |
09 June |
10 June |
|
|
LDPE (New line) |
200,000 |
09 June |
Unknown |
|
|
LDPE (Old line) |
65,000 |
09 June |
10 June |
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|
LLDPE |
78,000 |
09 June |
16 June |
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Fushun Petrochemical |
HDPE (Old line) |
140,000 |
09 June |
12 June |
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Estimated Production Loss |
May (tons) |
June (tons) |
July (tons) |
|
Combined and reported by CommoPlast |
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|
FDPE |
53,636 |
72,515 |
|
|
LDPE |
18,182 |
65,076 |
364 |
|
LLDPE |
28,364 |
72,564 |
9,636 |
|
HDPE |
20,000 |
29,455 |
9,091 |
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Total |
120,182 |
239,609 |
19,091 |