{
  "id": 6546494,
  "title": "Singapore's Aster plans to raise naphtha cracker utilisation, executive says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/singapores-aster-plans-to-raise-naphtha-cracker-utilisation-executive",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-10T05:19:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Business Times - Singapore",
    "slug": "the-business-times-singapore",
    "url": "https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/energy-commodities/singapores-aster-plans-raise-naphtha-cracker-utilisation-executive-says"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Singapore's Aster Chemicals and Energy has raised its naphtha cracker utilisation rates, according to a company official. The joint venture between Indonesia's Chandra Asri and trading giant Glencore operates a 1.1 million metric tonne per year steam cracker on Singapore's Bukom Island. Currently, the cracker's utilisation ranges from 75 per cent to 80 per cent, but Aster plans to increase this further. Andre Khor, the company's CFO and deputy CEO, revealed this during a Reuters interview at the APPEC conference, following the news that Aster has started supplying petrochemicals to its buyers.",
  "summary": "The Chandra Asri-Glencore joint venture will also start to supply petrochemicals to buyers",
  "key_points": [
    "Aster Chemicals and Energy aims to boost naphtha cracker utilisation.",
    "Joint venture between Chandra Asri and Glencore operates Bukom Island cracker.",
    "CFO Andre Khor disclosed plans at APPEC conference."
  ],
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      {
        "outlet": "The Business Times - Companies & Markets",
        "title": "Singapore's Aster plans to raise naphtha cracker utilisation, executive says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/singapores-aster-plans-to-raise-naphtha-cracker-utilisation-executive-6546689",
        "published": "2026-09-10T05:19:48.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}