Asahi Kasei Mitsubishi Chemical Ethylene Corp., a joint venture of Asahi Kasei Corp. and Mitsubishi Chemical Corp., expects to restart its naphtha cracker in Mizushima, by this week end.
Operations were put on halt on 14 Jan. 2020, due to a malfunction in its refrigeration system. Earlier the unit was scheduled to restart last week because it was delayed due to malfunction in its steam system for irregular operation.
The naphtha cracker has 496,000 t/y of production capacity with turnaround and 567,000 t/y of production capacity without turnaround.
