According to a source close to the company, Yanchang Petroleum started production at its new 450,000 tons/year HDPE plant in Shaanxi, China in September.

The company’s Shaanxi complex includes a 1.8 million tons/year methanol plant, a 600,000 tons/year methanol-to-olefins (MTO) unit and a 250,000 tons/year PP plant.