Atochem/BPAmoco cracker at Lavera down
22 October 1999 19:21 [Source: ICIS news]
LONDON (CNI)--The Elf Atochem/BPAmoco naphtha cracker at Lavera in southern France was shut down late Thursday following a fire but is expected to be back up over the weekend, according to market reports received by CNI on Friday..
The outage of the approximately 700 000 tonne/year capacity unit has affected at least some of the derivatives plants, including ethylene oxide.
No further details were immediately available.
By: Neil Sinclair
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