Ethylene Latin America

摘要

Government-imposed natural gas curtailments in Argentina forced Dow to reduce its steam cracker run rates to 85-90% earlier this week, a source with knowledge of the company’s operations said. Dow “began following processing restrictions [imposed] by the authorities that manage the country’s energy,” the source said. Every winter since 2006, the Argentine government has curtailed ethane and LPG supplies to industrial users by up to 30%, and the start of this winter’s cuts kicked last weekend. Dow’s Bahia Blanca site has an ethylene production capacity estimated at 765,000 mt/year, according to Platts Analytics data.