Lyondell's Bayport PO/TBA unit shuts

Houston, 15 June (Argus) — LyondellBasell's propylene oxide/tertiary butyl alcohol (PO/TBA) unit at its Bayport plant in Pasadena, Texas, shut yesterday after a compressor tripped.

The upset resulted in emissions of propylene and other materials, the company said in a filing to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

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