US ethylene prices back down after short-lived production issues in Freeport

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US ethylene spot prices were back down on Thursday, following a short-lived spike the previous afternoon, which came on the back of production issues at Dow's Freeport, Texas facility, according to IHS Chemical's Daily North America Olefins/Polyolefins report. Dow Chemical said on Wednesday that a light hydrocarbon plant at the Oyster Creek plant in Freeport, Texas, was flaring material due to a process upset.