Korea SK Energy Restart And Shut Down Naphtha Cracking Unit

　　 Korea's leading energy supplier SK energy It plans to activate the 1 naphtha cracking Center (NCC), which was closed by the end of 2008. The cracking unit has an annual capacity of 200 thousand tons, and is expected to take place at some time in November. Restart 。

Another naphtha cracking unit with a capacity of 660000 tons per year will undergo routine maintenance in October 4th. After 23 days, it will be restarted in November 4th.

The other two polypropylene plants, with a capacity of 183000 tons and a capacity of 193000 tons, have entered the maintenance procedures in October 18th and October 20th respectively, and will resume production in November 2nd and November 4th respectively.

Meanwhile, SK Energy announced its three quarter earnings report for 2010. In the 3 quarter, revenue and operating profit increased by 11% and 296%, respectively, reaching 101668 billion won and 325 billion won. Therefore, net income Compared with the same period in 2009, it increased by 36% to 343 billion 800 million won.

The main reason for SK energy quarterly revenue growth over the same period in 2009 is that the price of crude oil has increased, operating costs have increased, and product prices have been raised.

The quarterly operating profit of SK energy increased by 296% to $325 billion, mainly due to the improvement of its oil business and the good performance of exploration and production (E&P) business, though the petrochemical business was weak.

The SK energy business forecast improved in the 4 quarter, as product prices showed an upward trend in August and corporate competitors planned regular maintenance.