Mohammad Husain, president and CEO, Equate Group
Equate restarts Ethylene Unit 2
KUWAIT, July 18, 2017
Kuwait-based Equate Group, a global producer of petrochemicals, has announced the successful restart of its Ethylene Unit 2 (EU2) in Kuwait, following a brief shutdown for technical reasons during last week.
Equate Group’s president and CEO Mohammad Husain, said: “Operations at our EU2 have resumed normally in record time following repairs.”
The EU2 has a production capacity of 850,000 metric tonnes annually (MTA) and is owned by The Kuwait Olefins Company (TKOC), part of the Equate Group, said a statement.
The dedication and efforts of Equate Group’s employees were lauded by Husain as operations were resumed within a timeframe less than the originally planned two weeks and in absolute abidance to safety standards, it said.
“Both the Ethylene Glycol (EG) and Polyethylene (PE) plants in Kuwait have returned to the usual production levels as they were impacted by the temporary shutdown of EU2,” he added. – TradeArabia News Service