Vietnam’s Hyosung shut PP plant on technical issues

05 Oct 2020 The shutdown is expected to curtail local supply further as two other PP producers in Vietnam have also just restarted operations.

30 Sep 2020

Thailand’s SCG to shut cracker and PP plant for maintenance

Map Ta Phut Olefins Co Ltd – a subsidiary of Thailand’s SCG Chemical is planning an overhaul at the naphtha cracker that also affect the operation at the downstream PP unit.

30 Sep 2020

Singapore’s ExxonMobil shut cracker for maintenance

The shutdown was initially scheduled for April-May 2020, however, got repeatedly postponed due to the lack of manpower during the pandemic related lockdown.

27 Sep 2020

Fire at Indian ONGC’s gas plant disrupted feedstock supply to GAIL’s PE units

On 24 September 2020, a fire broke out at the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) gas processing plant in Hazira, India with no casualty or injury reported.

27 Sep 2020

A fire broke out at Philippines’ JG Summit plant

An unconfirmed report suggested that the fire started at a containment basin near the pier, away from the main manufacturing site.

23 Sep 2020

Explosion occurred at China's Zhongke plant, startup at PP and PE units affected

The company was amid trial run at the newly construct plant when the incident happened. All units were initially scheduled to produce commercially by the end of September.