Fire at Formosa’s Mailiao plant forces shutdown of ethylene and aromatics facilities

13-May-11

A fire at Formosa Petrochemical Corp's Mailiao plant in central Taiwan has forced the shutdown of ethylene and aromatics facilities, as per Reuters. The fire in a pipe that feeds raw materials to the units, had been put out at around 5:45 a.m. on Friday after breaking out on Thursday evening. Because of the damage to the pipeline, facilities producing ethylene and aromatics had been shut down, although they were not damaged by the fire