Industries Qatar plans several lengthy shutdowns of its petrochemical and steel product plants in Q1-2014, as per Reuters. Shutown of 200 days is being planned at the Qatari plants in the first three months of this year, compared to 59 days of closures in Q1-2013. The planned shutdown schedule published by IQ is as follows, with the comparative shutdowns for Q1-2013 in parenthesis:
Ethylene: 35 days (Q1, 2013: 0 days)
Low Density Polyethylene: 34 days (Q1, 2013: 11 days)
Linear Low Density Polyethylene: 11 days (Q1 2013: 0 days)
Methanol: 10 days (Q1 2013: 0 days)
Methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE):8 days (Q1 2013: 0 days)
Ammonia: 40 days (Q1 2013: 1 day)
20-Jan-14 
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