Malaysian state-owned fertilizer producer Petronas has taken its 700,000 t/yr Bintulu urea plant offline, because of an unplanned shutdown caused by technical issues, the firm said today.
The plant is expected to restart by the end of this week or early next week, although the producer is still assessing the situation. The outage is likely to remove around 2,000 t/d of urea output.
Petronas had planned a 45-day turnaround at the Bintulu plant in April-May, but the scheduled maintenance may be delayed as a result of the unplanned shutdown.
