A total of four naphtha crackers in Japan are set to enter scheduled maintenance shutdowns in 2015, down from nine this year, as per sources in Reuters. The manufacturers include oil refiners Idemitsu Kosan Co and JX Nippon Oil & Energy, and Osaka Petrochemical Industries Ltd, a wholly-owned unit of Mitsui Chemicals.
Mitsubishi, Mizushina with 493,000 tons capacity to be shut for maintenance in May-June
Mitsui, Ichihara, with 612000 tons of capacity to be shut from end-June to end-July/early Aug
Idemitsu, Chiba, with 414000 tons of capacity to be shut from March to May
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