Refineries, plants shut amid Hurricane Harvey rains, floods

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HOUSTON (ICIS)--Severe weather, heavy rain and flooding from Hurricane Harvey are now major concerns for the US Gulf Coast, the nation's hub for refineries and petrochemical plants. Several more companies have shut down plants as precautionary measures to Harvey impacts or have had production issues as a result of severe weather and ?ooding: -Ascend declares force majeure on Chocolate Bayou acrylonitrile (ACN), hydrogen cyanide (HCN) and disodium iminodiacetate (DSIDA). -American Acryl Bayport shuts acrylic acid. -Celanese shuts Pasadena methanol. -Chevron Phillips Chemical (CP Chem) shuts Cedar Bayou ole?ns and derivatives. -ExxonMobil shuts Baytown re?nery and chemicals plant. -Flint Hills Resources ?ares at Houston propane dehydrogentation (PDH). -Indorama unit trips at Clear Lake ethylene oxide. -INEOS has upset at Chocolate Bayou ole?ns 1 and 2. -Petrobras shuts Pasadena re?nery. -Phillips 66 shuts Sweeny re?nery. -Phillips 66 shuts Pasadena re?ned products terminal. -Shell shuts Deer Park re?nery and chemicals plant. -TPC boilers trip at Houston butadiene (BD) site. Previously, the port of Corpus Christi closed on Friday in preparation for the storm. The US Coast Guard (USCG) reported several ports along the Texas coast as closed.