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Fire at Huntsman’s Texas facility

02/05/2006

Huntsman Corporation's Port Arthur, Texas, olefins manufacturing plant experienced a major fire on Saturday, April 29. The fire was contained, but the facility is not operational, pending an investigation and assessment of damage. Following an initial assessment of the impact of the fire, there appeared to be significant damage which could lead to the plant being off line for several months.

Nobody was injured in the incident.

The Port Arthur facility, also known as the Light Olefins Unit (LOU), has an annual production capacity of 1.4 billion pounds of ethylene, about 30% of Huntsman's global capacity. It also has an annual capacity of 800 million pounds of propylene, 680 million pounds of cyclohexane and 460 million pounds of benzene.



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