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TotalEnergies declares force majeure on PP supplies

  • Mercados: LPG, Petrochemicals
  • 27/07/23

TotalEnergies has declared force majeure on polypropylene (PP) supply following technical issues at its plant in Feluy, Belgium.

These resulted in "unforeseeable breakdowns at the PP plant" and consequently affected the overall availability of grades, the company said. No timeline was communicated on the expected restart or the duration of the force majeure, but TotalEnergies expects "to face difficulties in the coming weeks."

The company operates two PP units at Feluy with capacities of 470,000 t/yr and 440,000 t/yr, which makes it the largest PP producing site in western Europe. The company also operates two smaller PP plants in France, with capacities of 210,000 t/yr and 300,000 t/yr in Gonfreville and Lavera, respectively.

The force majeure, which was declared on 25 July, comes at a time of fundamental weakness in the European market with demand remaining depressed. Reduced run rates at PP plants have helped in mitigating some of the oversupply in July, but market participants did not see any immediate effect on fundamentals or prices from the development so far.

Demand is unlikely to see any meaningful recovery in August, but some market participants are cautiously eyeing the implications if the Feluy PP plant faces an extended outage.

Among other outages in western Europe, supplies from Repsol's Tarragona PP plant in Spain have remained under force majeure since 12 June, and Borealis' Schwechat PP plants in Austria are undergoing planned maintenance that commenced around end-May. Market participants said both of these producers are expected to restart their plants in the coming weeks.


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