JURONG AROMATICS
Large aromatics complex in Singapore being started up / PX oversupply increases
China is not the only country producing ever more volumes of PET and polyester feedstock paraxylene (PX). Jurong Aromatics (Singapore; www.jurongaromatics.com) in late August commissioned a new large aromatics hub in the island state. Plasteurope.com’s Polyglobe capacity database www.polyglobe.net) shows that aside from 400,000 t/y benzene line as well as a 200,000 t/y ortho xylene plant, the complex also includes an 800,000 t/y PX facility.
The new capacity will further flood the already oversupplied Asian and global PX landscape. Reports indicate that initial volumes from the plant are already being made available in Asia.
The new capacity will further flood the already oversupplied Asian and global PX landscape. Reports indicate that initial volumes from the plant are already being made available in Asia.
01.10.2014 Plasteurope.com [229402-0]
Published on 01.10.2014
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