Technical glitches at SABIC's 650,000 tpa Petrokemya No. 1 cracker at Al Jubail has led to a dearth of ethylene feedstock caused, shuttering two of its polyethylene lines and one of its crackers at Al-Jubail. Though the duration of the shutdown is undisclosed, it is sure to impinge on PE supply and deliveries for August. The PE lines that are currently offline include a 375,000 tpa LLDPE line operated by Sharq and a 350,000 tpa HDPE/LLDPE line run by subsidiary Petrokemya. Though these shutdowns will exert pressures on the PE supply scenario in the Middle East, it is likely that ethylene markets will continue unabated.
31-Jul-08 
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