Lotte Chemical plans to start operating Indonesia cracker in H2 2025, executive says
16/05/2025 05:56
BANGKOK, May 16 (Reuters) - Lotte Chemical 011170.KS plans to start operations at its new cracker in Indonesia in the second half of 2025, an executive at Lotte's Malaysia affiliate said on Friday. The plant is able to switch up to 50% of its naphtha feedstock to natural gas liquids, Philip Kong, executive vice president, corporate planning at Lotte Chemical Titan, told Reuters on the sidelines of the Asia Petrochemical Industry Conference. With ethylene capacity of 1 million metric tons per year, the plant is located at Cilegon city, Banten province. (Reporting by Mohi Narayan; Writing by Florence Tan; Editing by Christopher Cushing) ((Florence.Tan@thomsonreuters.com; Reuters Messaging: florence.tan.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))
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