Ineos, one of the largest petrochemical producers in Europe and the fourth largest chemical company in the world, plans to close the production of high-pressure polyethylene (LDPE) at Bamble (Bamble, Norway) for planned repairs at the end of September, ICIS sources told the market.

According to the source, scheduled repairs at this plant with a capacity of 140 thousand tons of LDPE per year will last seven days.

As reported by Market Report earlier, Ineos closed the cracking unit No. 5 on September 1 with a capacity of 680,000 tons of ethylene and 335,000 tons of propylene per year in the Kempark petrochemical park (Chempark, Dormagen, Germany) for scheduled repairs.

In addition, Ineos Olefins & Polyolefins on September 1 stopped production at the plant for the production of metallocene linear polyethylene (MLPNP) with a capacity of 230 thousand tons per year in Cologne (Cologne, Germany) for routine preventive measures.

According to the ICIS-MRC Price Review, Ufaorgsintez plans short-term repairs in part of the production of LDPE in September. Representatives of Kazanorgsintez also announced about the reduction of capacity utilization next month.

Ineos Group produces and sells a wide range of petroleum products and specialty chemicals including acetone, acrylonitrile, acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene, cyclic copolymers of olefins, ethylene, ethylene glycol, ethylene oxide, low pressure polyethylene, polypropylene and other aromatic compounds, polystyrene, polyvinyl chloride, propylene, propylene glycol, propylene oxide, PVC compounds, styrene.