SCG Chemicals to test run its Vietnam petrochemical complex in Nov, Dec
(Reuters) - Long Son Petrochemicals, a unit of Thailand's SCG Chemicals, will test run its new petrochemical complex in southern Vietnam in November and December, the company said on Wednesday.
Full commercial production at the facility will begin early next year, the company said in a statement.
The $5-B facility in Ba Ria Vung Tau province will produce 1.4 million metric tons of plastic resins a year, the company had earlier said, adding that its raw materials, naphtha and propane, will be imported mostly from the Middle East.
The head of Thai conglomerate Siam Cement Group, the parent of SCG Chemicals, said in June the complex would start commercial production by September.
"A typical commissioning and test run process for a large complex takes a couple of months, this is to ensure safety and fine-tune machine conditions," the latest statement said.
Its annual output will include 500,000 tons of high density polyethylene, 500,000 tons of linear low density polyethylene and 400,000 tons of polypropylene.
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