South Korea’s YNCC to complete expansion at No. 2 naphtha cracker

Yeochun Naphtha Cracking Centre (YNCC) might be able to restart the No. 2 naphtha cracker in Yeochun, Yeosu, South Korea by the end of December 2020 after completing the expansion work.

The company took the cracker off-stream around the third week of October 2020 for two months of maintenance and expanding the capacity to 915,000 tons/year from the existing 580,000 tons/year. 

YNCC is a joint venture between South Korean firms Hanwha and Daelim. The new ethylene capacity would be supplied to Daelim’s new mPE plant at the adjacent location. 

YNCC owns two other naphtha crackers in Yeosu with a combined capacity of 1.325 million tons/year.