Process upset at Shell Chemical Texas steam cracker, plant could be offline

13-Apr-16

Shell Chemical has suffered a second process upset in as many days at its 835,000 m tpa steam cracker in Deer Park, Texas, as per sources in Platts. The spokesman, Ray Fisher, did not provide the operational status of the facility, citing company policy. The Tuesday issue was similar to what Fisher said was a "process unit upset on the chemical side of the complex." Market sources Tuesday, however, said the plant was taken offline Monday and the upset a part of start up attempts. The duration of the outage was estimated at one to three days.