DATE : 2013-11-06

Italy-based   Versalis’ butadiene (BD) extraction unit in Brindisi is expected to restart this week following maintenance, a source at the chemicals producer said on Wednesday.

Maintenance   at the 145,000 tonnes/year facility was originally slated to take place at the end of Augustbu was taken offline a couple of weeks earlier because of poor market conditions.

Versalis owns and operates two BD extraction units in Italy - the other is a 140,000 tonne/year unit in Ravenna,   according to ICIS data.

SOURCE Icis News