Indonesia's Chandra Asri Petrochemical plans to boost the ethylene production capacity of its sole naphtha-fed steam cracker at Cilegon by 4.6% in Q1 2020, the company said Wednesday.
The cracker's ethylene production capacity will rise to 900,000 mt/year from 860,000 mt/year, while its propylene output will increase to 490,000 mt/year from 470,000 mt/year.
Chandra Asri said it has signed an agreement with US contractor CB&I to revamp the existing furnaces for the cracker. The revamp is expected to begin in Q3 2018 and completed over Q1 2020.
As a result of the revamp, pygas production capacity will also rise to 420,000 mt/year from 400,000 mt/year, while mixed C4 output will reach 330,000 mt/year from 315,000 mt/year.
