S.Korea's KPIC shuts naphtha cracker due to unplanned flaring
9/5/2017 8:24:00 AM
SEOUL (Reuters) — South Korea’s Korea Petroleum Industries Co (KPIC) on Tuesday shut down its naphtha cracker due to an unplanned flaring incident, an industry source with direct knowledge of the matter said.
The flaring occurred around midday due to a technical glitch. The cause remains under investigation, the source said, adding that KPIC plans to resume operations as soon as possible.
KPIC runs an 800,000 tpy naphtha cracker in Onsan, southeast of Seoul.
Reporting by Jane Chung; Editing by Tom Hogue
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