Perstorp oxo-alcohols unit comes back on stream

08 January 2008 14:28  [Source: ICIS news]

LONDON (ICIS news)--Perstorp’s oxo-alcohols unit in Stenungsund, Sweden, has just come back on stream after failing on 1 January due to syngas issues, a company source confirmed on Tuesday.

 

“It took us a little longer than we had expected,” the source said, adding the plant had been initially expected to resume output last weekend.

 

Perstorp produces 100,000 tonnes/year butanol (both iso and normal) and 125,000 tonnes/year 2-ethylhexanol (2-EH) at the site.

 

Rates at the 65,000 tonne/year dioctyl phthalate (DOP) unit had been reduced as a result of the incident.

 

Meanwhile, normal butanol supply was finally beginning to ease in the region after months of availability issues which prevented almost all export opportunities from Europe, market sources said.

 

2-EH availability remained tight, along with downstream plasticizer markets.

 

Other European producers of oxo-alcohols include Oxea, BASF and Arkema.

 

By: Linda Naylor
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