Shell Chemicals has started production from its naphtha-fed steam cracker at Pulau Bukom, Singapore, the company said in a statement late Wednesday.
Shell also informed customers that it has lifted the force majeure on olefins supply from its cracker as of Wednesday. The force majeure was declared in December last year, the company said.
S&P Global Platts previously reported that the force majeure was declared following mechanical problems at the cracker.
Shell did not specify the restart date of the cracker, but market sources said it resumed operations around mid-July.
The cracker has capacity to produce 960,000 mt/year of ethylene, 540,000 mt/year of propylene, 186,000 mt/year of butadiene, 276,000 mt/year of benzene and 750,000 mt/year of MEG.
