Formosa, a Taiwanese steam cracker operator announced the restart of production at its No.2 ethylene cracker in Mailiao following a shutdown last week. Due to technical issues, the 720,000 tonne per year cracker was taken off line on 1st June. The issue did not appear to result in any shutdown or reduction of operations at … Read more
Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A. continues its progress on the construction and startup of expansion units at Point Comfort, Texas site. The 1.5 million-MT per year cracker has come online and was seen ramping up through January. The 400,000-MT per year LDPE unit is in the commissioning stages, with initial start-up expected in April 2020. The … Read more
Formosa Petrochemical has received air pollution permits for a $9.4 billion petrochemical and plastics complex the company has proposed building in St. James Parish, Louisiana. The company has received the final Title V operating permits needed from the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality. The complex would be built in two phases and produce ethylene, propylene, … Read more