BASF shuts down unit at steam cracker site in Ludwigshafen, Germany

MOSCOW (MRC) -- BASF says it has shut down an unspecified unit at its 420,000-metric ton/year steam cracker site in Ludwigshafen, Germany, due to a technical defect, reporte Chemweek with reference to OPIS.Unscheduled flaring started on 13 January at the northern part of the Ludwigshafen site and is expected to last until 17 January, it says. "At around 4pm [local time] there was an outag

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