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After unplanned shutdown, Singapore based Royal Dutch Shell is planning to restart its ethylene cracker at Pulau Bukom in the next few weeks.

The cracker is currently shut down for unplanned maintenance to repair a compressor.

As a result of the shutdown, Shell on September 29 declared force majeure on its ability to supply base chemicals to customers.

Based on current assessments, we expect to restart the plant in the next few weeks.

The cracker, which produces more than 900 Mtpy of ethylene, is located at the same site as its 500 Mbpd refinery.

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MEGlobal, a subsidiary of Equate Petrochemical Company, plans to build a new monoethylene glycol (MEG) production plant at Dow Chemical's (Dow) site in Oyster Creek in Freeport, Texas, US. The operations of which will begin by 2019.

The proposed facility will be the company's first manufacturing plant in the US. During the construction phase, the project will add 1,400 jobs and upon completion MEGlobal expects to employ around 50 new workers.