South Korea's Korea Petrochemical Industry Co. is currently struggling to achieve on-spec production from its sole naphtha-fed steam cracker at Onsan, a source close to the company said on Thursday.
The steam cracker was shut in mid-April for debottlenecking and a turnaround, S&P Global Platts had reported earlier.
The company restarted the cracker June 6, Platts reported last week.
The source said it was unclear when the company will achieve on-spec production from the steam cracker.
Under KPIC's expansion program, the steam cracker's ethylene production capacity will rise to 800,000 mt/year from 470,000 mt/year, and its propylene capacity to 500,000 mt/year from 230,000 mt/year.
