Shell estimates 800,000 ton China naphtha cracker to surpass its design ann...

Royal Dutch Shell's cracker in partnership with China National Offshore Oil Company, and in operation since late 2005 operated at 94% capacity in the first 9 months of this year, up from 85% last year. Shell expects its Chinese naphtha cracker, in southern Guangdong province, to meet and even surpass its design annual capacity of 800,000 tons this year and next.