台湾OPTC计划下周启动新建精对苯二甲酸厂

中国石化新闻网讯 据普氏能源资讯11月14日新加坡报道，据一位知情人士透露，在获得地方当局的批准以后，台湾亚东石化有限公司（OPTC）计划在下周启动其建在台湾桃园县的150万吨/年的精对苯二甲酸厂。

该消息人士称，新建的精对苯二甲酸厂首先将进行试运转。标普全球普氏能源资讯此前曾报道说，这个精对苯二甲酸厂将在10月初完成试运转。

OPTC目前在桃园县运行另外两个精对苯二甲酸厂，它们分别是40万吨/年的1号厂和50万吨/年的2号厂。

尽管OPTC官员此前曾说，当这个新厂开始生产时，40万吨/年的1号厂将永久关闭，但消息人士补充说，是否永久关闭将取决于市场行情。

李峻 编译自 普氏能源资讯

原文如下：

Taiwan's OPTC to start up new 1.5 mil mt/year purified terephthalic acid plant next week

Oriental Petrochemical (Taiwan) Co. Ltd. plans to start up its new 1.5 million mt/year purified terephthalic acid plant in Taiwan's Taoyuan next week, after receiving approval from local authorities to do so, a source close to the company said Tuesday.

The plant would initially carry out trial runs, the source said.

Commissioning of the plant was completed earlier in October, S&P Global Platts reported previously.

OPTC operates two other PTA plants at Taoyuan -- the 400,000 mt/year No. 1 plant and 500,000 mt/year No. 2 plant.

Although company officials previously said the 400,000 mt/year plant would be shut permanently when new plant began operations, the source said this would depend on market conditions.