Eastman C2 Texas cracker set for 4-week turnaround

09 April 2002 21:58  [Source: ICIS news]

HOUSTON (CNI)--Eastman Chemical said Tuesday it will begin a planned four week turnaround at one of its three 136 000 tonne/year ethylene crackers in Longview, Texas later this month.

Eastman declined to specify a date for the shutdown or the restart.

The Kingsport, Tennessee-based company said no customers will be affected by the shutdown because the company had stored sufficient qualities of ethylene to meet customer demand.

The cracker accounts for about 20% of Eastman's ethylene output of 680 580 tonne/year at the plant.

By: Mike Sheridan
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