Downtime Plagues North American Ethylene Operating Rates This Year, Impacts Future Turnarounds

SUGAR LAND--September 17, 2014--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The North American and Canadian ethylene market has seen a large number of outages this year. Ethylene plants have experienced 910 days offline from January 1 through September 12. The number is likely to increase as the industry enters the fourth quarter of 2014.

Within this article: Details of several planned and unplanned ethylene plant outages, including those by Chevron Phillips Chemical, Williams (NYSE:WMB), Shell Chemical (NYSE:RDS.A) and Dow Chemical (NYSE:DOW).

Other companies featured: LyondellBasell (NYSE:LYB)