Disruption Costs Add Up at Huntsman's Port Neches Plant in Texas

SUGAR LAND--September 10, 2014--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--A unit at Huntsman's (NYSE:HUN) (The Woodlands, Texas) propylene oxide (PO) plant in Port Neches, Texas, is up and running after a 16-day unplanned outage, a company executive said. The outage, which began on August 15, will cost the company $30 million in lost earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA), said Kimo Esplin, Huntsman executive vice president and chief financial officer, during the KeyBanc Capital Markets Basic Materials & Packaging Conference.

Within this article: Details on Huntsman's Port Neches facility, including operational status.