EQUATE successfully completes turnaround and first phase of PE debottlenecking

EQUATE Petrochemical Company, Kuwait’s first international petrochemical joint-venture, has successfully completed plant turnaround as well as the first phase of the polyethylene (PE) plant debottlenecking project. All units were shutdown for 30 days from November 20 to December 20, 2014, resuming normal operations on the 23rd of December. The turnaround is a major activity that takes place once every eight years for a 30-day shutdown. During the TA, EQUATE executed the first phase of its polyethylene (PE) debottlenecking project. PE capacity will be ramped from 825,000 m tpa to 1 mln mtpa once the debottlenecking project is completed during 2016.