Released on 02/01/13
Force majeure has been declared on butadiene (BD) production from Naphtachimie’s unit in Lavera, France, following an incident at the associated cracker, sources at the plant’s co-owners said on Wednesday.
The Naphtachimie cracker, which has a nameplate capacity of 120,000 tonnes/year of BD, 775,000 tonnes/year of ethylene and 540,000 tonnes/year of propylene, is joint-owned by INEOS and Total.
An INEOS spokesman said that the Naphtachemie cracker had experienced a technical issue on the afternoon of 22 December which affected one of the main compressors, leading to a complete shutdown of the facility.
There were no casualties or environmental impact, the spokesman said, but a “range of products manufactured at the facility could be impacted for up to four weeks.”
A source at Total confirmed that force majeure had been declared on BD, but declined to provide any further details.
A local media report said there had been a fire on an oil compressor at the cracker.
No confirmation of the force majeure was received from INEOS.
Source ICIS News
Force majeure has been declared on butadiene (BD) production from Naphtachimie’s unit in Lavera, France, following an incident at the associated cracker, sources at the plant’s co-owners said on Wednesday.
The Naphtachimie cracker, which has a nameplate capacity of 120,000 tonnes/year of BD, 775,000 tonnes/year of ethylene and 540,000 tonnes/year of propylene, is joint-owned by INEOS and Total.
An INEOS spokesman said that the Naphtachemie cracker had experienced a technical issue on the afternoon of 22 December which affected one of the main compressors, leading to a complete shutdown of the facility.
There were no casualties or environmental impact, the spokesman said, but a “range of products manufactured at the facility could be impacted for up to four weeks.”
A source at Total confirmed that force majeure had been declared on BD, but declined to provide any further details.
A local media report said there had been a fire on an oil compressor at the cracker.
No confirmation of the force majeure was received from INEOS.
Source ICIS News