Haldia Petrochemical, one of the largest Indian petrochemical producers, resumed production last week at the plant for the production of low-density polyethylene (HDPE) / linear polyethylene (LDPE) in Haldia (Haldia, West Bengal, India) after an unplanned prophylaxis, Apic portal reported. -online.

The company on February 24 of this year found a technical malfunction at the enterprise with a capacity of 370,000 tons of HDPE / LDL per year, in particular, in the production line for LDL.

Earlier it was noted that in early December 2016, Haldia Petrochemical closed the cracking plant and butadiene plant for 4-5 days due to technical problems.

As MRC previously said, in the first half of July 2014, the entire petrochemical complex Haldia Petrochemical at the production site in Haldia was closed due to a technical problem with the cracker. In particular, technical problems arose on the charging gas compressor.

On the site in Haldia, HPL operates a cracking plant with a capacity of 700,000 tons of ethylene and 350,000 tons per year, which supplies raw materials to related enterprises: a low-density polyethylene (HDPE) / linear polyethylene (LLDPE) plant with a capacity of 370,000 tons. Tons a year, an enterprise producing HDPE with a capacity of 330,000 tons per year and a polypropylene plant (PP) with a capacity of 350,000 tons per year.

According to the Price Review of ICIS-MRC, Nizhnekamskneftekhim plans to return to the production of HDPE by the second decade of May in the Russian polyethylene (PE) market. Since mid-January 2017, the company has focused on the production of LDL. The annual production capacity is 210 thousand tons.

Haldia Petrochemical Ltd controls the petrochemical complex in Haldia (West Bengal, India). The company is engaged in the production of petrochemical products, including ethylene, polyethylene