Japan's Osaka Petchem shuts naphtha cracker for maintenance

TOKYO,  (Reuters) - Japan’s Osaka Petrochemical Industries Ltd shut its 500,000-tonne-per-year naphtha cracker on Thursday for maintenance, its parent Mitsui Chemicals said.

The cracker, which is to be shut until July 24, is set to be restarted the following day, a Mitsui Chemicals spokesman said.

Osaka Petrochemical is a wholly-owned unit of Mitsui Chemicals. (Reporting by Osamu Tsukimori in TOKYO; Editing by Amrutha Gayathri)

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