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The Chemicals of Repsol adjusts his production to have a more competitive position

07/10/2013

The chemical business of Repsol approves a notable improvement of his cracker of Puertollano to adjust to the requests of the market and to currents of feeding of lower cost. This involves an important improvement in the competitiveness of the cracker and contemplates a renewal with equipment of last generation, adapting to the availability of currents of lower cost, from the refinery of the group, that as well it is known, there is a high degree of integration. This allows to reduce the consumption of nafta.

Repsol informs that the production optimised of the cracker with etileno, will go allocated to the production of poliolefinas differentiated, mainly to the production of HEVA and EVA and degrees for extrusion coating (film) of PEBD as well as to concentrated for covers of film of invernadero.

The plant of PP will adjust his production to the availability of propileno, so much of the cracker as of the units of FCC of the refinery. Said plant allocates big part of his production to attend the market of film BOPP of Spain and Portugal, having reached a specialisation in the production of degrees differentiated.

The capacity of etileno of the new cracker optimised, does not allow to feed the current plants of PEAD. The products differentiated that they produce in these plants, mainly for covers of cables and containers of blown of milk, will move to other plants of PEAD of which has Repsol.