Japan-based, JX Nippon Oil & Energy which operates a naphtha cracker plant, has planned a maintenance turnaround at the cracker in the third quarter of 2012.This was informed to fibre2fashion by a company offical who added that, currently the plant located in Kawasaki is operating at normal capacity rates.
The cracker will be taken off-stream on August 12, 2012 and will remain shutdown till October 1, 2012.
The naphtha cracker has a production capacity of 460,000 mt / year
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