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Guangxi Petchem puts 1.2 mln mt/yr ethylene plant into operation

Guangzhou (JLC), October 27, 2025--PetroChina Guangxi Petrochemical's 1.2 million mt/yr ethylene plant produced qualified products on October 27, indicating a successful startup, the company said.

10-27-2025 16:43:49

Sinopec puts Tianjin Nangang Ethylene Project into operation

Guangzhou (JLC), November 13, 2024 – Sinopec officially put its Tianjin Nangang Ethylene Project into operation, as the project began producing on-spec products on November 11.

11-13-2024 18:47:46

Hengli eyes full operation at 5 mln mt/yr PTA project

Shandong (JLC), July 20, 2023--Hengli Petrochemical witnessed a full operation at its 5 million mt/yr PTA project after the second production line came online on July 11.

07-20-2023 17:21:04

PetroChina Guangdong eyes full operation at ethylene unit

Shandong (JLC), February 14, 2023--Guangdong Petrochemical under state-owned PetroChina achieved on-specification products at its 1.20 million mt/yr ethylene unit on February 12, marking the achievem

02-14-2023 14:55:06

Sinopec Hainan's new ethylene unit nears full operation

Shandong (JLC), February 3, 2023--Sinopec Hainan Refining and Chemical expects to achieve the whole industry chain production at its new 1.0 million mt/yr ethylene unit by February 15, the company sa

02-03-2023 17:00:59

Styrene downstream operations analysis

Shandong (JLC), October 25, 2022--Moving into the fourth quarter of 2022, domestic styrene key downstream industries saw mixed changes in run rates.

10-25-2022 17:16:40

China PBAT unit operation status in Oct

PBAT units with capacity totaling 660,000 mt/yr will go into operation, and the corresponding output rises will impact China PBAT market greatly.

10-14-2022 17:55:45

China styrene unit operation analysis in August

Shandong (JLC), September 8, 2022--The operating rate in China’s styrene industry stayed at a low level in August as key producers reduced their unit loads and several units were shut down unexpectedl

09-08-2022 16:03:00

High production cost depress operation of hydrogenated benzene industry

Many hydrogenated benzene unit shut down for maintenance amid poor profits, as the prices fell but the production cost was relatively high.

08-18-2022 16:46:52

China’s eight large-scale refining-chemical complex operations in 2022

Shandong (JLC), July 22, 2022--China’s eight refining-chemical complexes with the capacity above 100 million mt/yr enjoyed new development in 2022.

07-22-2022 17:42:51

China’s PET bottle chip unit operation list in H1

Shandong (JLC), July 15, 2021--Given oversupply of PET bottle chip, producers are expected to start turnarounds in following months, with capacity in July down by 2.81 million mt and that in August down by 3.45 million mt.

07-15-2021 15:33:24

China methanol operation analysis in April

In April 2021, the operating rates of China methanol units averaged 75%, up 1 percentage point month on month.

05-12-2021 17:31:31

China methanol unit operation status, December 2020

01-08-2021 08:59:36

Chinese PTA producers raise operation rates

China’s purified terephthalic acid (PTA) supply increased moderately in the week ended on August 20, because of higher operation rates at domestic PTA plants.

08-24-2020 17:34:37

China melamine operation rate analysis (Aug 15-21)

In the week ended August 21, the operation rate of China melamine units increased by 4.4 percentage points WoW to 61.25%. The weekly output was around 24,700 mt, with daily output averaging 3,534 mt.

08-24-2020 17:20:33

Operation rates at Chinese MEG plants fall

The operation rates at Chinese MEG plants slide in the week ended July 30, as local producers slightly reduced running rates at both oil-based and methanol-based MEG units.

08-04-2020 11:36:48

China PX unit operation rate down in 1H

The average operation rate of Chinese PX producers went down from the year-ago level due to the spread of Covid-19 and unit turnarounds.

07-29-2020 10:04:42

Chinese PTA producers increase operation rates slightly

The operation rates at China’s main purified terephthalic acid (PTA) plants climbed slightly in the week ended on July 23, as some local producers delayed maintenance at their PTA plants.

07-27-2020 18:20:32

Tangshan Xuyang’ styrene unit to start commercial operation　　

Tangshan Risun Chemical, the subsidiary of China Risun Group, scheduled to bring its 300,000 mt/yr styrene unit into commercial operation in October this year.

07-24-2020 17:15:38

Hengli’s ethylene unit starts commercial operations

Dalian Hengli Petrochemcial’s 1.5 million mt/yr ethylene unit was successfully put into commercial operation, marking a new breakthrough in the company's integrated operation mode of the whole industrial chain of refining, petrochemical and polyester.

07-16-2020 09:51:59

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