South Korea’s Lotte restarts Yeosu cracker after maintenance
According to market sources, South Korea’s Lotte Chemical restarted its naphtha-fed steam cracker and butadiene extraction unit at Yeosu last Friday following an annual turnaround which started in early April.
The Yeosu cracker is able to produce 1 million tons/year of ethylene and 480,000 tons/year of propylene while it also supplies 130,000 tons/year of butadiene for the extraction unit.