UPDATE: Qatar’s QAPCO extended shutdown at LLDPE line

19 May 2020 Apparently, the plant failed to restart on 12 May and an official notification has been sent to customers.

19 May 2020

China’s Sinochem to startup petrochemical complex in Fujian

Downstream units are expected to come on stream between June and July 2020.

18 May 2020

Formosa Plastics encountered cracked PP storage tank in Linyuan plant

There is no further information on the operation status of the plant at the time of the report.

12 May 2020

China’s SINOPEC SABIC Tianjin Petrochemical shut cracker for maintenance

Besides, the company is also planning to expand its cracker capacity in 2021.

11 May 2020

Thailand’s IRPC plan to shut PP plant for maintenance

At the time of this report, there is no additional information on how long the plant would remain shut.

07 May 2020

India’s LG Polymers shuts plant after gas leakage

The leakage reportedly took place at a styrene monomer (SM) tank when the company attempted to restart the plant following the COVID-19 related shutdown.

07 May 2020

Dow Chemical to shut PE plants amid lackluster demand

According to the company, in the first quarter of the year, demand from the packaging and specialty plastics sector were stable to slightly improved.

06 May 2020

Saudi’s PetroRabigh to restart PE plant following major maintenance

Both HDPE and LLDPE units were taken off-stream in early March for routine maintenance.

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