Saudi Arabia’s PetroRabigh shuts ethane cracker on malfunction
by ChemOrbis Editorial Team - content@chemorbis.com
According to media reports, Saudi Arabia’s Rabigh Refining and Petrochemical Co (PetroRabigh), a joint venture between Japan’s Sumitomo Chemical and Saudi Aramco, shut its ethane cracker because of a problem with its turbine generator. In a report to the stock market, the company said the shutdown started on Tuesday of this week.
The company did not specify an exact restart date for the cracker.
The company did not specify an exact restart date for the cracker.
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