The European olefins market will see 2.9 million m.t./year of steam cracker capacity idled for maintenance turn- arounds m the second quarter of 2013, according to IHS Chemical data. These shutdowns, in addition to a fire that caused the 740,000-m.t./year cracker of Naphtachimie, a joint venture between Ineos and Total at Lavera, France, to shut down on 22 December 2012, could potentially result in a tighter market, IHS Chemical says.
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