Today's Chemical Processing Hotline Headlines

North America
Formosa Plastics' 1,650 million-pound-per-year Olefins 1 ethylene unit in Point Comfort Texas, remains offline due to economics within the plastics market. Expectations are to attempt a restart by the end of November.

Eastman Chemical Company continues a turnaround of the 300 million-pound-per-year HCC 3 ethylene unit at its Longview, Texas, plant. Expectations are to restart the unit by mid-November.

International
ExxonMobil Chemical France SARL continues with restarting the 930 million-pound-per-year polyethylene resins (PE) and 882 million-pound-per-year Steam Cracker (ethylene) units at its Notre-Dame de Gravenchon Chemical Complex in France, after the units were shut down on September 21 as a result of a strike. The unions and management reached an agreement in mid-October, and the units are expected to become operational in early November.

Braskem SA continues a major maintenance turnaround of the 330-million-pound-per-year Polyethylene Resins (PE) 3 UNIPOL 2 Unit at its plant in Camacari, Brazil. The unit is expected to resume operations on November 23 once maintenance work and compressor upgrades are complete.

Industrial Info Resources (IIR) is the leading provider of industrial market intelligence. Since 1983, IIR has provided comprehensive research, news and analysis on the industrial process, manufacturing and energy related industries. IIR's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) helps companies identify and pursue trends across multiple markets with access to real, qualified and validated plant and project opportunities. Across the world, IIR is tracking over 200,000 current and future projects worth $17.8 Trillion (USD).