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PHILIPPINES: JG Summit purchases 1st naphtha as it readies cracker production

JG Summit Petrochemical Corp. has purchased its first cargo of naphtha as it prepares to start up the Philippines' first naphtha cracker.


The USD 800-million cracker, which is located in Batangas, is designed to produce 320,000 t/y of ethylene, with lesser amounts of propylene and pygas.

The naphtha cargo is scheduled for delivery in the first half of February 2014.

Source: Weekly "PetroChemical News", Durham, NC, USA; 30 Dec 2013

(Syed Rashid Ali, Karachi, Pakistan)


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