Apr China Butadiene Operating Rate to See an Uptick
By the end of March, there are 38 butadiene producers in China, with the total capacity of 5,576kt/a. The sample covers the capacity of 930kt/a, 405kt/a, 2,692kt/a, 790kt/a, 150kt/a, 369kt/a and 240kt/a, respectively in 7 producers in Northeast China, 3 producers in North China, 17 producers in East China, 5 producers in South China, 1 producer in Southwest China, 3 producers in Northwest China and 2 producers in Central China.
In March, the operating rate of China’s butadiene industry was around 71.44%, down 5.57% from last month. According to SCI, the monthly output of butadiene was around 331.9kt in March. Within this month, the butadiene units at Shandong Yuhuang Chemical, Jiangsu Sailboat Petrochemical, Nanjing Chengzhi Yongqing Energy Technology and Jiutai Energy Inner Mongolia continued to remain shut. Shandong Wintter Chemical restarted its butadiene unit on March 12. PetroChina Sichuan Petrochemical shut down its 150kt/a butadiene unit for around 9-day maintenance from March 25. Sinopec Yangzi Petrochemical shut down its one 60kt/a butadiene unit for around 50-day maintenance from March 15 and the other 60kt/a butadiene unit for around 50-day maintenance from 26. Zhejiang Petroleum & Chemical took maintenance of its 200kt/a butadiene unit from March 10 to March 20, and it ran normally for the time being. The 100kt/a butadiene unit at Sinopec Maoming Company was shut down unexpectedly at the end of March. Other butadiene units saw minor adjustments. Overall, the operating rate of China’s butadiene industry slid M-O-M.
As seen from the above chart, the operating rate of units at most of China’s butadiene producers mainly remained stable in March, accounting for around 78% of the total and down 10% M-O-M. As for production technologies, the operating rate of butadiene units via butene ODH technology didn’t change notably. As seen from the butadiene units via C4 extraction technology, the operating rates at Shanghai Secco Petrochemical, Sinopec Yangzi Petrochemical, PetroChina Sichuan Petrochemical and Zhejiang Petroleum & Chemical pared down. The operating rates at North Huajin Chemical Industries and Wintter Chemical ramped up. Overall, in March, China’s butadiene supply leveled down from last month.
In April, the butadiene units at Shandong Yuhuang Chemical, Jiangsu Sailboat Petrochemical and Sinopec Yangzi Petrochemical will continue to remain shut. PetroChina Sichuan Petrochemical and Shanghai Secco Petrochemical will restart their butadiene units in early April. Jiutai Energy Inner Mongolia and Nanjing Chengzhi Yongqing Energy Technology plan to restart their butadiene unis in early April as well. PetroChina Lanzhou Petrochemical and Sinopec Maoming Company plan to take maintenance of their butadiene units in mid-April. The 100kt/a butadiene at Sinopec Maoming Company may remain shut. Other butadiene units will run normally. Overall, the operating rate of China’s butadiene industry will edge up in April.
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