(ICIS) -- SABIC's Olefins 4 cracker at Geleen in the Netherlands is off line because of unresolved technical problems, a company spokeswoman said on Thursday. ⌠We are experiencing some technical issues with Olefins 4 which started 25 January, said the spokeswoman. The cracker was shut down on Wednesday, 26 January.
The company was still investigating the cause of the problems, but was working hard to resolve them as soon as possible.
Olefins 4, which has a nameplate capacity of 660,000 tonnes/year of ethylene according to ICIS data, is one of two crackers operated by SABIC at the site.