Today's Chemical Processing Hotline Headlines

North America
BASF Total Petrochemicals' 2,293 million-pound-per-year ethylene unit in Port Arthur, Texas, remains offline. Expectations are to attempt a restart by the end of the upcoming weekend.

Dow Chemical continues wrapping up a turnaround of its 1,610 million-pound-per-year LHC 7 ethylene unit in Freeport, Texas, and the unit remains offline.

MEGlobal Americas Incorporated's 1,500 million-pound-per-year Monoethylene Glycol (MEG) plant in Freeport, Texas, was forced to shut down on November 30 due to a feedstock issue. Expectations are to attempt a restart today, December 8.

International
Rabigh Refining & Petrochemical Company is performing a 60-day planned maintenance turnaround of the 3,527 million-pound-per-year ethylene unit at its Rabigh Petrochemical Complex in Saudi Arabia. Expectations are to complete repairs and restart the unit by January 29, 2023.

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