Georgia Gulf set for turnaround at Louisiana phenol-acetone plant

04 May 2012 17:31  [Source: ICIS news]

 HOUSTON (ICIS)--US-based Georgia Gulf is set to put its phenol-acetone plant in Plaquemine, Louisiana into a planned turnaround for maintenance, sources said on Friday.

The plant is set to go down within the week and is estimated to be down for more than a week.

The company has 227,000 tonnes/year of phenol capacity and 140,000 tonnes/year of acetone capacity at the site, according to ICIS plants and projects.

Attempts to reach the company for comment were unsuccessful.

Two other US phenol-acetone producers, Dow Chemical and Shell Chemical, have plants down for maintenance as well.

Georgia Gulf has already begun a turnaround at its chlor-alkali plant, which is also at the Plaquemine site.

Additional reporting by Ken Fountain

By: John Dietrich
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