UPDATE: South Korea’s SK Advance delays startup at new PP plant

It is reported that SK Advanced is scheduling to start up its newly constructed PP plant in Ulsan, South Korea on 23 March 2021, slightly delayed from the initial plan by three (3) days. 

The PP unit is a joint venture between PolyMirae and SK Advanced, using the “Spheripol” process of LyondellBasell, and has an annual output of 400,000 tons/year.

The unit will be utilizing the propylene output from SK’s 600,000 tons/year propane dehydrogenation (PDH) unit at the same complex. It is expected that SK Advanced would have a smaller propylene allocation for export once the new PP line comes online.