Ineos declares force majeure on PP supplies from Carson amid feedstock issues

04-Dec-15

Ineos Olefins and Polymers USA has issued a force majeure declaration on polypropylene supplies from its Carson, California, facility, the company said in a letter to customers obtained by Platts. The force majeure stemmed from "an inability to acquire feedstock", the letter added. Company sources did not return calls asking what the allocation percentage might be or the duration of the force majeure. No information on specific grades or sites affected was immediately available, but sources said the force majeure likely applied to homopolymer and random co-polymer grades.