![]() A 420,000 metric tons/year LDPE unit is slated for start-up by year-end. Downstream derivatives produced at the facility include ethylene glycol (EG 300,000 metric tons/year of capacity), LLDPE (470,000 metric tons/year), alpha-olefins (110,000 metric tons/year), Ziegler alcohols (300,000 metric tons/year), and ethoxylates (110,000 metric tons/year). Sasol has two steam crackers totaling 2 million metric tons/year of ethylene capacity at the LCCC. "High voltage transmission line corridors into the Lake Charles area are damaged, and the full assessment is still in progress by a local power company." The company says cooling towers at the facility suffered wind damage, but process equipment at the facility does not appear to have been affected, nor has flooding been an issue. "The storm resulted in widespread electrical blackouts and other damage, preventing Sasol from operating most utility systems," says a statement from the company. Sasol says that manufacturing at its Lake Charles Chemicals Complex (LCCC) remains shut down. Ineos also has force majeures in place for polyethylene, and Ineos, Formosa Plastics, and LyondellBasell have force majeures for PP. On 31 August, Sasol declared force majeure on LLDPE and high-density polyethylene (HDPE) produced at its joint-venture site with Ineos in La Porte, Texas. All of this capacity is believed to be offline. ![]() The Lake Charles area is home to 9% of US linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) capacity (by way of Sasol and Westlake Chemical), 10% of US low-density polyethylene (LDPE) capacity (Westlake), and 8% of US polypropylene (PP) capacity (LyondellBasell). "The Lake Charles area will be dealing with the impacts of the storm for weeks, if not the entire month of September," says a bulletin issued by IHS Markit on 31 August. Products affected include polyolefins, ethylene glycol, vinyls, and chlor-alkali. ![]() Producers with assets there include Sasol, Westlake Chemical, Lotte Chemical, and LyondellBasell. "I can say that those that sustained, it had to make you stronger, and hopefully it helps us in other areas of life as well,” Russel said.MOSCOW ( MRC) - Hurricane Laura left most of the US Gulf Coast unscathed, but Lake Charles, Louisiana, was hit hard, and petrochemical production units in the area could be offline for weeks, reported Chemweek. Our Lakes-area neighbors are still pushing through the devastation from last year, but they know something good will come out of it. Their emotions are very raw from what happened last year,” Hunter said. "I can tell you that there is a literal PTSD out there within the community people are fearful. Now with Tropical Storm Ida expected to affect Louisiana this weekend, the mayor of Lake Charles, Nic Hunter, said everyone is anxious. “We have to adapt, overcome and move on and evolve." "Everybody's suffering this a lot of deaths a lot of financial out of sequence came out but there has to happen,” Boutte said. He said the area has gone through so much turmoil from the past storms, but everyone is adjusting day by day. The whole carport in the back was apart it was in my bedroom all furniture," Boutte said. ![]() "All doors, I got two windows, both broken in the back. Resident Dana Boutte didn’t have insurance, so when his roof caved in, he didn't know what to do. had to park at a location and actually walk to your residence," Russel said. "You had debris everywhere, trees everywhere. Russel remembers the storm that tore the Lakes area apart like it was yesterday. "It almost looked like a war zone," said Lake Charles resident Marcus Russel.
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