SABIC German PE plant still at reduced rates

18 January 2007 11:31  [Source: ICIS news]

LONDON (ICIS news)--SABIC’s 350,000 tonne/year linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) and high density polyethylene (HDPE) swing plant at Gelsenkirchen, Germany, was still running at 70-75% rates, a company source said on Thursday.

 

This was due to continued furnace problems at the company’s Geleen cracker site in the Netherlands, the source said.

 

Force majeure on ethylene and propylene should have been lifted in the middle of this week, but technical issues meant that this had not been possible.

 

The cracker, one of two operated by SABIC at its Netherlands site, has been running at reduced rates due to some furnace damage following a power outage on 5 December, which led to an ethylene (C2) and propylene (C3) force majeure declaration on 7 December.

 

No indication was given as to when force majeure might be lifted. PE is expected to resume full output several days after its lifting, the source added.

By: Linda Naylor
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