Jam achieves on-spec output at Assaluyeh cracker
Prema Viswanathan
18-Feb-2008
SINGAPORE
(ICIS news)–Iran’s Jam
Petrochemical has achieved on-spec production
at its 1.32m tonne/year Assaluyeh cracker and expects to
start up its derivative units by the end of April
“provided there is no technical problem”, a source close to
the company said on Monday.
The cracker is now operating at 50% capacity, a second source said, after starting up at the end of December.
The start-up of the cracker complex had been delayed several times.
Jam’s derivative plants include a 300,000 tonne/year high density polyethylene (HDPE) plant, which is ready and waiting to be fed ethylene from the cracker.
A 300,000 tonne/year polypropylene (PP) plant and a 300,000 tonne/year HDPE/linear low density PE (LLDPE) swing plant are in the final stages of mechanical completion.
Jam is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Iran’s National Petrochemical Co.
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