Taiwan's Formosa operates refinery at reduced rate due to maintenance (updated)

Formosa Petrochemical

02/12/2024 06:45

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       SINGAPORE, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Taiwan's Formosa
Petrochemical Corp  6505.TW  is operating its refinery at a
reduced rate of 410,000 barrels per day due to maintenance at
its delayed coker unit (DCU) this month, its spokesperson KY Lin
said on Monday.
        Formosa operates a 540,000-barrels-per-day refinery
complex in Mailiao and is one of the region's largest refined
products exporters.
  
        The company has stopped operations at its delayed coker
unit (DCU) for 20 days since Dec. 1 for maintenance, Lin told
Reuters.
  
    It also planned to shut two refining units for maintenance
in March 2025, he added.
    Formosa planned to shut its sulphur recovery unit (SRU) for
40 days and its No. 1 84,000-bpd residue fluid catalytic cracker
(RFCC) for more than two months, Lin said.
        The company has bought low-sulphur 
    Brazilian crude
     in preparation for the SRU shutdown, he added.
  

 (Reporting by Florence Tan; Editing by Jacqueline Wong and
Janane Venkatraman)
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