Dow Chemical restarts Texas LHC No. 7 steam cracker

29-May-17

US petrochemicals producer Dow Chemical restarted its 680,000 m tpa No. 7 light hydrocarbon cracking unit at its Freeport complex in Texas, as per sources in Platts. Three out of five furnaces have been restarted, with another expected to start up by end of the week, followed by the last one in mid-June, a source with knowledge of operations said. A company spokesman could not be reached by Platts for confirmation.
The unit was shut on May 2 after it had reported an unexpected process upset, Dow said in a filing with Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.