Monday, December 07, 2009

BASF to bring back Ludwigshafen cracker on stream

BASF has brought back its cracker with capacity to produce 220,000 tpa ethylene at Ludwigshafen, idled in April, on stream. The company had, in September, announced a “warm-up phase” for the cracker. Affected by a weakening demand, BASF announced a minimum 3-month provisional shut down of its 220,000 mtpa capacity steam cracker at Ludwigshafen site starting mid-April.

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