Published on July 28, 2016
Turkey based Petkim Petrochemicals has declared force majeure at its Ethylene and Propylene unit. The unit has been shutdown due to technical issues. The unit is likely to remain closed till end of July. Cracker has the production capacity to produce 5,80,000 mt/year of Ethylene and 2,71,000 mt/year of Propylene. Unit is based at Aliagha in Turkey. These impromptu has led to disruption in the production of its derivatives like Acrylonitrile and Ethylene Glycol.