(Updates Japan)
(Reuters) – The following lists planned maintenance at naphtha crackers in
Asia for 2016, based on information from traders.
The table will be revised when new information becomes available.
NONE = no maintenance in 2016
NA = no available information
INDIA
Company Location Capacity 2016 Previous
(‘000 tonnes) Maintenance
Haldia Petchem Haldia 676 NA NA
Indian Oil Corp Panipat 850 NA 2013
(Panipat cracker capacity to be raised to 1.2 million tpy in 2019)
INDONESIA
Chandra Asri Anyer 860 NA NA
JAPAN
Asahi Kasei Mizushima 504 ceased in March 2014
Idemitsu Chiba 414 None 2015
Idemitsu Tokuyama 687 around Sept to Nov 2014
Keiyo Ethylene Chiba 768 None 2014
*Maruzen Petchem Chiba 525 May 10 to late June 2013
Mitsubishi Chem Kashima 392 ceased on May 3 2014
Mitsubishi Chem Kashima 540 May 7 to end June 2014
Mitsubishi Chem Mizushima 570 None 2015
Mitsui Chem Ichihara 612 None 2015
Mitsui Chem Osaka 500 June to July (tentative) 2014
JX Nippon Oil Kawasaki 444 Aug to Sept 2015
Showa Denko Oita 695 None 2014
Sumitomo Chiba 415 ceased in May 2015 2011
Tonen Chem Kawasaki 540 None 2014
*Tosoh Yokkaichi 527 March 8 to April 14 2014
MALAYSIA
Titan Pasir Gudang 430 None 2011
Titan Pasir Gudang 650 Dec (45 days) 2010
THE PHILIPPINES
JG Summit Batangas City 320 commissioned in June 2014
SOUTH KOREA
Lotte Chem Yeosu 1000 April 13 to May 12 2012
Lotte Chem Daesan 1000 None 2015
KPIC Onsan 460 None 2013
LG Chem Daesan 900 None 2015
LG Chem Yeosu 1000 None 2014
SK Energy Ulsan 200 None 2013
SK Energy Ulsan 660 Sept to Oct 2010
Hanwha Total Daesan 1000 None 2015
YNCC Yeochun 860 None 2015
YNCC Yeochun 580 March 15 to April 15 2012
YNCC Yeochun 465 None 2014
SINGAPORE
ExxonMobil Jurong Island 900 NA 2013
ExxonMobil Jurong Island 1000 NA
(*Note: ExxonMobil had a maintenance at its chemical site from May-June 2015)
PCS Jurong Island 465 None 2013
PCS Jurong Island 635 Mid July (35 days) 2011
Shell Bukom Island over 960KT NA 2014
(Shell’s cracker has been shut on outage since December 2015)
THAILAND
PTT Map Ta Phut 461 None 2014
PTT Map Ta Phut 400 None 2012
PTT Map Ta Phut 515 None 2015
PTT Map Ta Phut 1000 Feb to March 2011
(PTT’s 1 million tpy cracker runs on gas and not naphtha)
ROC Map Ta Phut 800 Q4 2016 2013
IRPC Map Ta Phut 360 Q4 2016 (30 Days) NA
TAIWAN
CPC Lin Yuan 380 Dec 11 2015 to Feb 1 2016 2013
CPC Kaohsiung 500 ceased in 2015 2014
CPC Lin Yuan 700 Q4 2016
(CPC’s newer cracker was commissioned in 2013)
Formosa Mailiao 700 None 2015
Formosa Mailiao 1030 Early Aug to H2 Sept 2013
Formosa Mailiao 1200 None 2014
(Reporting by Seng Li Peng in Singapore, Osamu Tsukimori in Tokyo)
