BASF has gone ahead with its planned turnaround at its 280,000 tpa ethylene oxide (EO) unit at Ludwigshafen, Germany. The shutdown is part of a broader turnaround at the Ludwigshafen-2 cracker and is expected to last 3-4 weeks. The company's other EO unit at Antwerp is currently running at reduced rates following a power outage on April 9. The date of restoration of production to normal rate is still uncertain.
Will these production cuts lead to shortages in to an already tight market?
25-Apr-06 
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