DuPont Texas cracker recovers from brief process upset

11 December 2009 18:13  [Source: ICIS news]

HOUSTON (ICIS news)--DuPont’s Orange cracker in Texas was back up and running following a brief process upset, a company spokesperson said on Friday.

The upset would have no market impact, the DuPont spokesperson said.

Spot ethylene offers were heard at 36.000 cents/lb ($794/tonne, €540/tonne) on Friday morning, within the 35.875-36.250 cents/lb range of trades so far this week.

($1 = €0.68)

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By: David Barry
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