PTT is on track to start commercial operations at its new 400,000 mt/year metallocene C6 linear low density polyethylene plant at Map Ta Phut, Thailand, in the first quarter of 2018, a company source said Tuesday.
PTT will start up the plant by the end of this year, the source said.
"We currently switch the normal C4 LLDPE units to metallocene-based C6 LLDPE production, and are facing a few quality issues, hence our decision to build a dedicated metallocene plant," the source explained.
PTT currently has a total capacity of 800,000 mt/year of high density polyethylene, 300,000 mt/year of low density polyethylene and 400,000 mt/year of LLDPE at the same site.