Overhaul Period of EPDM Unit Will Be Over and New Units May Be Put into Operation in Q4

In general, the recent Chinese EPDM market was stable and weak, terminal demand was below the average, part of the downstream rubber products manufacturing orders in the chain declined significantly M-O-M.

During the past, the planned shutdowns in Chinese EPDM units would be carried out from April to May. But so far, only Ningbo SK had taken part in overhaul work for a month while other manufacturers were basically in normal operation from April to May. At present, the market shows that Jilin Petrochemical may improve units later with a long shutdown period. Changzhou Arlanxeo will be overhauled at the later stage. Ningbo SK units may run normally until around October, while Shanghai Sinopec Mitsui Elastomers units have no shutdown plans in short term. Most of manufacturers still wait and see with adjustment for the production plan at any time.

　　

In international market, Netherlands Arlanxeo units restart in May, and part of Kumho production is still closed at present with whole plant overhaul season tends to end; partial unit overhaul will be performed in Q3.

The 250,000 ton / year EPDM unit of Shandong EC Chemical  is scheduled to start up at the end of the year. It is understood that the main units and related equipment are being installed nervously and scheduled to run in October 2017. Foreign installations are under construction only in Saudi Arabia and South Korea, both of which are scheduled to be completed and put into operation in Q4 in relatively concentrated period.

In addition, EPDM projects in Yanshan Petrochemical and Yuhuang Petrochemical are still in the planned state because Many manufacturers shrink back at the sight of serious losses from EPDM especially from 2015 to 2016 and technology limitation of pre-construction unit as well as high risk.

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