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05-11-2012

Equate restarts ethylene glycol unit

Equate Petrochemical Company announced that it has restarted the 550,000 metric tons annually (MTA) Ethylene Glycol (EG) unit. An EQUATE officials said, “The unit was successfully restarted after being shutdown last July following a fire incident.”
 
The official added, “Through the cooperation of its world-class workforce, EQUATE successfully restarted the unit at an earlier date than the previously announced mid-November target.”
 
The official noted, “EQUATE is the only entity authorized to issue statements regarding this matter and all other issues relevant to its operations.”
 
Established in 1995, EQUATE is an international joint venture between Petrochemical Industries Company (PIC), The Dow Chemical Company (Dow), Boubyan Petrochemical Company (BPC) and Qurain Petrochemical Industries Company (QPIC). Commencing production in 1997, EQUATE is the single operator of a fully integrated world-scale manufacturing facility producing over 5 million tons annually of high-quality petrochemical products which are marketed throughout the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Europe.



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