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February 17, 2021
US Gulf Coast ice storms cause chems production freeze
Author: Tom Brown
2021/02/16
LONDON (ICIS)–An almost unprecedented polar storm sweeping across the US Gulf Coast states has led to shutdowns and production cuts at a swathe of petrochemicals plants and refineries in the area, as well as throttling transport and leaving millions without power.
Temperatures in the Houston petrochemicals hub remained at -8 degrees Celsius (17 degrees Fahrenheit) on Tuesday morning local time, some of the coldest conditions on records on the region.
Freezing conditions have been recorded across much of the central US.
With petrochemicals complexes in Texas and Louisiana more set up for intense heat through much of the year rather than sub-zero conditions, players across the region have moved to limit or shut down production entirely.
On 15 February news emerged of Motiva, Marathon and CITGO announcing refinery shutdowns, while Total shut off its coker and crude distillation units at Port Arthur.
LyondellBasell reported operating its Houston refinery and methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) complex at minimum rates due to the weather, while TPC has shut down its Houston butadiene unit due to steam loss.
OQ Chem declared force majeure at its Bay City, Texas, complex due to the weather on Tuesday.
February 17, 2021
US Gulf Coast ice storms cause chems production freeze
Author: Tom Brown
2021/02/16
LONDON (ICIS)–An almost unprecedented polar storm sweeping across the US Gulf Coast states has led to shutdowns and production cuts at a swathe of petrochemicals plants and refineries in the area, as well as throttling transport and leaving millions without power.
Temperatures in the Houston petrochemicals hub remained at -8 degrees Celsius (17 degrees Fahrenheit) on Tuesday morning local time, some of the coldest conditions on records on the region.
Freezing conditions have been recorded across much of the central US.
With petrochemicals complexes in Texas and Louisiana more set up for intense heat through much of the year rather than sub-zero conditions, players across the region have moved to limit or shut down production entirely.
On 15 February news emerged of Motiva, Marathon and CITGO announcing refinery shutdowns, while Total shut off its coker and crude distillation units at Port Arthur.
LyondellBasell reported operating its Houston refinery and methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) complex at minimum rates due to the weather, while TPC has shut down its Houston butadiene unit due to steam loss.
OQ Chem declared force majeure at its Bay City, Texas, complex due to the weather on Tuesday.
February 17, 2021
Stunning Images Reveal Massive Commercial Jet Parking Lot Amid Travel Collapse
by Tyler DurdenTuesday, Feb 16, 2021 – 22:10
Pilot and photographer Jassen Todorov captured stunning images of hundreds of commercial jets parked in airfields across the US amid the downturn in air travel thanks to the virus pandemic, according to Daily Mail.
Todorov’s images include billions of dollars worth of commercial jets parked at dusty airfields across the country.
The images give light to new data from travel firm Cirium, who outlines in a recent report the number of single-aisle aircraft in service has plunged since the beginning of the year amid a flare-up of US COVID-19 cases and increased restrictions.
Cirium’s data showed single-aisle aircraft in service fell below the 8.8k mark on Feb. 5, a drop of 15% compared with Jan. 3 figures.
Following months of surging air travel numbers into the 2020 holiday season, US passenger volumes dove in late January to their lowest levels in six months.
Todorov captured more pictures of commercial jets parked at airfields. It appears reopening optimism two months into vaccination rollouts has yet to bring a “V-shaped” recovery to the airline industry.
Demand for used private jets is soaring as rich people do not want to fly first class anymore amid fears of being infected.
On top of this all, remote working and teleconferencing have resulted in a permanent shift lower in business travel, which was the bulk of all travel. The pandemic is expected to keep commercial airlines in a state of depression for a few years.
February 17, 2021
Stunning Images Reveal Massive Commercial Jet Parking Lot Amid Travel Collapse
by Tyler DurdenTuesday, Feb 16, 2021 – 22:10
Pilot and photographer Jassen Todorov captured stunning images of hundreds of commercial jets parked in airfields across the US amid the downturn in air travel thanks to the virus pandemic, according to Daily Mail.
Todorov’s images include billions of dollars worth of commercial jets parked at dusty airfields across the country.
The images give light to new data from travel firm Cirium, who outlines in a recent report the number of single-aisle aircraft in service has plunged since the beginning of the year amid a flare-up of US COVID-19 cases and increased restrictions.
Cirium’s data showed single-aisle aircraft in service fell below the 8.8k mark on Feb. 5, a drop of 15% compared with Jan. 3 figures.
Following months of surging air travel numbers into the 2020 holiday season, US passenger volumes dove in late January to their lowest levels in six months.
Todorov captured more pictures of commercial jets parked at airfields. It appears reopening optimism two months into vaccination rollouts has yet to bring a “V-shaped” recovery to the airline industry.
Demand for used private jets is soaring as rich people do not want to fly first class anymore amid fears of being infected.
On top of this all, remote working and teleconferencing have resulted in a permanent shift lower in business travel, which was the bulk of all travel. The pandemic is expected to keep commercial airlines in a state of depression for a few years.
February 17, 2021
Today Dow Chemical declared force majeure on propylene oxide and propylene glycol after freezing temperatures led to shutdowns of its plants in Freeport and Plaquemine.
The company hopes to resume production soon and will communicate allocation measures through account managers.
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