But the lower volumes would do little to turn the market around as recent demand had been slower-than-expected due to a string of reasons including scheduled cracker maintenance, an outage in Japan in late April and an extended shutdown of Hanwha Total's 1 million tonnes per year Daesan cracker. Cheaper alternative feedstock liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) has also affected naphtha demand.
But the lower volumes would do little to turn the market around as recent demand had been slower-than-expected due to a string of reasons including scheduled cracker maintenance, an outage in Japan in late April and an extended shutdown of Hanwha Total's 1 million tonnes per year Daesan cracker. Cheaper alternative feedstock liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) has also affected naphtha demand.