Tasnee & Sahara Olefins Co. (TSOC) has shut down its ethylene and propylene plant in Al Jubail Industrial City for nearly a month of planned maintenance, according to Plastemart website.
The scheduled maintenance shutdown began on September 1 and will last for 24 days, according to a release from Sahara Petrochemicals Co., who owns interest in both TSOC (32.55%) and SEPC (24.41%), as per OGJ editors.
The Jubail plant produces 1 million tpa of ethylene, about 80% of which is used as the primary feedstock for about 800,000 tpa of high-density and low-density polyethylene, according to Sahara’s 2013 annual report. The plant has a propylene production capacity of about 285,000 tpa.