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Japan's naphtha steam crackers under pressure – 30 Mar 2022

Mar 30, 2022

Japan's naphtha-fed steam crackers are to face increased pressure to lower run rates in April with more crackers returning from maintenance, a change from March when many were able to maintain close to full operations to make up for the shortfall in domestic ethylene production during maintenance season, which is in contrast with the widespread run cuts at other Asian steam crackers due to poor downstream margins

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