A fire has resulted in shutdown of Sinopec's Maoming Petrochemical's 1mln tpa cracker and its derivative units. This week, the Maoming refinery may restart the smaller unit with capacity to produce 380,000 tpa ethylene- deemed to be undamaged after the fire. The fire continued to be in full fury on Tuesday at the larger 640,000 tpa ethylene unit. The smaller unit was shut down as fire-fighters struggled to control the flames. Maoming has shut down its 370,000 tpa LDPE unit, 200,000 tpa LLDPE/HDPE swing plant, and 350,000 tpa HDPE unit.
06-Jun-08 
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