After a hot summer, the supply of liquid carbon dioxide and dry ice still remains limited. In addition to regular autumn maintenance turnarounds in succession at the side of supply sources, there was trouble at the West Japan sources this year which lead to no sufficient crude gas being supplied.
Shortages of liquid carbon dioxide and dry ice are often common during the summer months, however this year similar shortage trends continued into the autumnal season.
The shortage has been caused by the lowered supply rate of crude gas due to the output adjustments and plant troubles.
Shortages coincide with the regular maintenance turnarounds at the supply source side of oil refineries or ammonia plants, where there is an inevitable decrease in the number of outlets to discharge crude gas in comparison with the summer season.
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