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Mitsui Chemicals shuts down Chiba naphtha cracker

22 Aug '12
1 min read

Japan-based Mitsui Chemicals shut a naphtha cracker on Tuesday, citing problems with its electrical system.

A Mitsui spokesperson informed fibre2fashion that the naphtha cracker located at Chiba developed a problem with its electric system, due to which it was shutdown.

She could not confirm the restart date of the cracker which has a capacity to produce 553,000 tons of ethylene. 

Fibre2fashion News Desk - India

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