South Korea based Hanwha Total is planning to increase its Olefins production capacity by the second quarter of 2019. The plan involves installing of a LPG-cracking unit to the naphtha-fed steam cracker, enabling it to raise olefins production capacity to 1.4 million mt/year of ethylene from 1.09 million mt/year currently, and propylene to 1.06 million mt/year from 930,000 mt/year. Before this plan the cracker unit will undergo maintenance for around 45 days. Hanwha Total is a 50:50 joint venture between South Korea's Hanwha and France's Total.
