State-owned Indian Oil Corp shut its 350,000 mt/year high density polyethylene/linear low density polyethylene swing plant in Panipat, Haryana, following a fire at the unit Monday, a company source said Tuesday.
There are no further details on the length of the shutdown or the impact to customers, the source said.
A 300,000 mt/year HDPE plant and a 600,000 mt/year polypropylene plant at the complex are not affected, the source added.
The upstream naphtha-fed steam cracker at the site is also not affected and operating normally, the source said. The cracker has a nameplate capacity of 857,000 mt/year of ethylene.
