Corrected: BASF has styrene production issues at Ludwigshafen site

25 August 2010 10:51  [Source: ICIS news]

Correction: In the ICIS news story headlined "BASF halts styrene production at Ludwigshafen site" dated 25 August 2010, please read in the first paragraph ...has technical issues with... instead of ...has shut down.... In the third paragraph please read ...technical problem... instead of ...shut down.... In the headline please read "...has styrene production issues..." instead of "...halts styrene production..." A corrected story follows.  

LONDON (ICIS)--BASF has technical isues with styrene production at its site at Ludwigshafen, Germany, a company source said on Wednesday.

“It was an unavoidable situation and we hope to be back up soon,” said the source, adding that the company was currently looking to cover prompt volumes.

The source would not comment on how long the technical problem, which took place on Wednesday, was expected to last.

BASF's styrene production at the site totals 550,000 tonnes/year, according to the ICIS plants and projects database.

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