Pemex restarts propylene production

Mexico

SALINA CRUZ, December 6, 2017 – Mexican NOC Pemex has again begun turning out propylene at its refinery in Salina Cruz, international media reported Tuesday.

Various functions of the 330,000-bpd refinery, including propylene production units, had been shut down since a June fire at the facility, and a large earthquake centred in Oaxaca in September.

Company sources told Platts that two fluid catalytic cracking units are producing the compound ahead of the initially expected early-2018 restart date.

Pemex has not yet commented on the start-up of the units.

The refinery is operated by the NOC’s downstream arm, Pemex Transformación Industrial.

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