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PetroChina Guangdong successfully produces mPE

Guangzhou (JLC), September 12, 2023 – PetroChina Guangdong Petrochemical’s 800,000 mt/yr full density polyethylene (FDPE) unit successfully produced a metallocene polyethylene (mPE).

09-12-2023 18:55:12

YNCC’s No.1 unit shutdown to push up propylene price

Shandong (JLC), February 24, 2022--YNCC's No.1 cracker shutdown in South Korea might tighten the propylene supply further in Northeast Asia, which would push up propylene price greatly.

02-24-2022 16:15:15

YNCC’s cracker explosion may boost butadiene market

Shandong (JLC), February 14, 2022--Asian butadiene market prices were expected to rise, on back of the explosion at YNCC’s No.3 cracker which would decrease the butadiene supply indirectly, as well as

02-14-2022 16:03:00

Sinopec prepares for startup of new ethylene unit at ZRCC

Sinopec has completed the construction of a new 1.2 million mt/yr ethylene unit for Zhenhai Refining and Chemical Co. (ZRCC) and is testing the unit and related devices, Sinopec said.

11-30-2021 18:02:53

Guangdong Petrochemical’s 800,000 styrene unit succeeds in installation work

Shandong (JLC), October 12, 2021--Recently, the world’s largest single-scale styrene unit prepared by PetroChina Guangdong Petrochemical has successfully completed the installation work of 11 sets of ethylbenzene/styrene condenser (E-4003D) and styrene rectification tower (C-4003) after 15 days.

10-12-2021 16:16:23

Gulei’s 600,000 mt/yr styrene unit sees successful test run

Shandong (JLC), August 10, 2021--At 7:30 on August 7, the 600,000 mt/yr styrene unit of the Gulei Refining and Chemical Integration Project produced on-specification styrene products, marking the successful commissioning of the styrene unit.

08-10-2021 09:00:26

Growth in China’s MEG capacity to accelerate in 2021

China’s mono ethylene glycol (MEG) capacity is expected to grow at a faster rate in 2021, which will put downward pressure on local MEG market.

10-09-2020 18:26:57

Sinochem’s ethylene project successfully start up

Shandong (JLC), September 23, 2020--According to the official release of Sinochem Group, at 17:30 on September 20, the first batch of eight units of Sinochem Quanzhou Petrochemical ethylene project achieved a successful start-up.

09-23-2020 16:09:23

Sinopec-SABIC (Tianjin)’s ethylene unit comes on stream successfully after renovation

Shandong (JLC), July 15, 2020--At 5:10 on July 12, the Sinopec-SABIC (Tianjin)’ 1.3 million mt/yr ethylene project undertaken by Sinopec No. 4 Construction Company was successfully started once after a complete modification.

07-15-2020 17:29:00

Drops in caprolactam prices accelerate

The domestic caprolactam market prices continued to decline and hit historical lows. The global spread of COVID-19 accelerated, and international crude oil market was dim, weighing on market sentiments.

03-30-2020 17:14:44

PTA inventory accumulates over 1 million mt in Feb

PTA inventory was still rising with weak demand. The average daily accumulated storage in February was about 35,000 mt, thus the estimated PTA accumulated storage in February would reach 1.02 million mt, and the overall PTA inventory would reach a high of around 3 million mt by the end of February.

02-26-2020 16:49:21

Urea prices rise in succession

Domestic urea prices increased consecutively recently. As of December 17, the prevailing EXW price in Shandong was pegging at CNY1,670-1,720/mt, and the transaction price in big plants was CNY1,680/mt, with an increase of CNY100/mt in one month.

12-17-2019 17:14:18

Recent chemical accident to affect methanol industry chain industries (Part II)

Shandong (JLC), July 22, 2019--An explosion occurred at Henan Yima Gasification Plant on July, which would exert bearish impacts on methanol and downstream industries.

07-22-2019 17:02:00

Recent chemical accident to affect methanol industry chain industries (Part I)

Shandong (JLC), July 22, 2019--An explosion occurred at Henan Yima Gasification Plant on July, which would exert bearish impacts on methanol and downstream industries.

07-22-2019 17:00:37

Xinfengming Dushan’s PTA unit to eye acceptance check

Shandong (JLC), June 25, 2019--Xinfengming Dushan Energy’s Phase I PTA unit is expected to undergo acceptance inspection in July this year, market sources said.

06-25-2019 15:39:28

Methanol industry to be affected by chemical accident

Shandong (JLC), March 27, 2019--Methanol industry will be affected by the recent accident at a chemical producer in Yancheng, Jiangsu, especially downstream producers and the social inventory.

03-27-2019 15:06:35

Methanol-fueled battery project passes the acceptance

Shandong (JLC), February 12, 2019--Recently, the methanol-fueled battery project had passed the acceptance, according to the chief expert of the project.

02-12-2019 16:08:19

Yangzi Petrochemical successfully developed a polyethylene resin for waterborne coatings

In April 2018, Yangzi Petrochemical successfully produced more than 100 mt of polyethylene resin for waterborne coatings. This is another successful trial production of the company after October of last year.

01-09-2019 17:22:42

Tianjin Petrochemical successfully produced PE ternary copolymer

On March 31,Tianjin Petrochemical achieved in the test running of its LF1815 unit, all of its 200mt new product were in line with the targeted requirements.

01-09-2019 17:20:01

Xinjiang Tianying’s NG-based MEG project eyes successful commissioning

Xinjiang Tianying Petrochemical’ 300,000 mt/yr MEG project contracted by Donghua Technology saw a successful test on August 17 (18:18 pm) and produced high-quality MEG, which marked that Donghua Technology successfully completed construction and startup goal of this project.

08-23-2018 17:31:57

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