Ineos has process upset on Texas HDPE unit: filing

Chemical News: Ineos has process upset on Texas HDPE unit: filing

https://www.chemnet.com Jul 13,2017 Platts
Ineos Olefins and Polymers USA suffered a process upset at its La Porte, Texas, polyethylene facility resulting in an excess release of isobutane, the company reported Wednesday.

A leak from a pressure gauge assembly on a reactor Tuesday morning resulted in hydrocarbon emissions of 7,959 lb of isobutane, according to a filing by Ineos with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. The event lasted approximately four hours, according to the filing, and ended after the reactor was de-pressurized to stop the leak.

Ineos' La Porte plant has a high density polyethylene capacity of 794,000 mt/year.
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