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Petronas Chemical restarts methanol plant

08 Mar '13
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Malaysia-based Petronas Chemical which had shutdown its No-2 methanol plant owing to technical issues has restarted the plant on March 4.
 
Speaking to fibre2fashion, a company official said, “We had shut down the No-2 methanol plant on February 28, due to technical problems. We have now restarted the plant on March 4.”
 
The No-2 methanol plant has a production capacity of 1.7 million tons per annum, while the No-1 methanol plant has a capacity of 700,000 tons per year.
 
He also added that the No-1 methanol plant is currently operating at 98 percent capacity rates. 
 

Fibre2fashion News Desk - India

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