Petronas plans metallocene LLDPE, LDPE/EVA plants at Johor by mid-2019

12-Aug-15

Malaysian state-owned Petronas plans to build a C6-based metallocene linear LDPE plant and a low density polyethylene/ethylene vinyl acetate swing plant at its greenfield integrated refinery and petrochemical complex in southern Johor state by mid-2019, as per a company source in Platts. The proposed metallocene LLDPE will have a capacity of 350,000 tpa, while the LDPE/EVA will have a capacity of about 150,000 tpa The two plants are part of Petronas' planned Refinery and Petrochemical Integrated Development project in Pengerang at Johor. RAPID includes a 300,000 bpd refinery and a petrochemical complex with a 3 million tpa steam cracker, and is expected to come onstream in mid-2019. The petrochemical complex will have the capacity to produce 7.7 million tpa of petrochemical products