S.Korea's Hanwha Total says naphtha cracker shut after lightning strike

18-Jul-17

South Korea's Hanwha Total has shut its naphtha cracker in Daesan due to power outages caused by a lightning strike, as per Reuters, adding that no injuries were reported. The lightning strike happened in the afternoon at its plant in Daesan, some 130 kilometres (about 81 miles) southwest of Seoul, a company spokesman said. It was unclear when the 1 million tpa naphtha cracker would restart. The outages however did not impact operations at a condensate splitter that produces mostly naphtha and some distillates, the spokesman said.