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            <h1>Refineries, plants shut amid Hurricane Harvey rains, floods</h1>
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            <p><img style="HEIGHT: 233px; WIDTH: 350px; FLOAT: right; COLOR: " border="0" alt="" src="https://www.icis.com/assets/getasset.aspx?ItemID=832963">(adds Ascend ACN force majeure, American Acryl plant shutdown, Phillips 66 refinery shutdown, Valero&nbsp;refinery shutdown)</p>
<p>HOUSTON (ICIS)--Severe weather, heavy rain and flooding from Hurricane Harvey&nbsp;are now major concerns for the US Gulf Coast,&nbsp;the nation's hub for refineries and petrochemical plants. </p>
<p>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 flooding:</p>
<p>-Ascend declares force majeure on Chocolate Bayou <a href="https://www.icis.com/subscriber/news/2017/08/28/10137285/plant-status-us-ascend-declares-force-majeure-on-us-acn-hcn/" target="_new">acrylonitrile&nbsp;(ACN), hydrogen cyanide (HCN) and disodium iminodiacetate (DSIDA)</a><br>-American Acryl Bayport shuts <a href="https://www.icis.com/subscriber/news/2017/08/28/10137290/plant-status-american-acryl-shuts-bayport-acrylic-acid-unit-on-hurricane/" target="_new">acrylic&nbsp;acid</a><br>-Celanese shuts Pasadena <a href="https://www.icis.com/subscriber/news/2017/08/27/10137278/plant-status-celanese-shuts-unit-at-us-methanol-site-on-harvey-flooding/" target="_new">methanol</a><br>-Chevron Phillips Chemical (CP Chem) shuts Cedar Bayou <a href="https://www.icis.com/subscriber/news/2017/08/27/10137272/plant-status-cp-chem-shuts-us-cedar-bayou-site-due-to-hurricane-harvey/" target="_new">olefins and derivatives</a><br>-ExxonMobil shuts Baytown&nbsp;<a href="https://www.icis.com/subscriber/news/2017/08/27/10137276/plant-status-exxonmobil-shuts-us-baytown-refinery-plants-amid-harvey/" target="_new">refinery&nbsp;and chemicals plant</a><br>-Flint Hills Resources flares at Houston <a href="https://www.icis.com/subscriber/news/2017/08/27/10137277/plant-status-flint-hills-flares-at-us-pdh-on-operating-conditions/" target="_new">propane&nbsp;dehydrogentation (PDH)</a><br>-Indorama unit trips at Clear Lake <a href="https://www.icis.com/subscriber/news/2017/08/27/10137260/plant-status-indorama-unit-trips-at-us-eo-site-during-hurricane-rain/" target="_new">ethylene&nbsp;oxide</a><br>-INEOS has upset at Chocolate Bayou <a href="https://www.icis.com/subscriber/news/2017/08/27/10137279/plant-status-ineos-has-us-olefins-upset-on-hurricane-harvey-flooding/" target="_new">olefins&nbsp;1 and 2</a><br>-Petrobras shuts Pasadena <a href="https://www.icis.com/subscriber/news/2017/08/27/10137274/plant-status-petrobras-shuts-us-pasadena-refinery-on-weather/" target="_new">refinery</a><br>-Phillips 66 shuts Sweeny <a href="https://www.icis.com/subscriber/news/2017/08/28/10137281/plant-status-phillips-66-shuts-us-sweeny-refinery-pasadena-terminal/" target="_new">refinery</a><br>-Phillips 66 shuts Pasadena <a href="https://www.icis.com/subscriber/news/2017/08/28/10137281/plant-status-phillips-66-shuts-us-sweeny-refinery-pasadena-terminal/" target="_new">refined&nbsp;products terminal</a><br>-Shell shuts Deer Park <a href="https://www.icis.com/subscriber/news/2017/08/27/10137275/plant-status-shell-shuts-us-deer-park-refinery-plant-on-weather/" target="_new">refinery and chemicals plant</a><br>-TPC boilers trip at Houston <a href="https://www.icis.com/subscriber/news/2017/08/27/10137273/plant-status-tpc-boilers-trip-at-us-bd-site-during-hurricane-harvey/" target="_new">butadiene (BD) site</a></p>
<p>Previously, the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.icis.com/subscriber/news/2017/08/25/10137138/port-of-corpus-christi-closed-as-hurricane-harvey-nears-texas-coast/" target="_new">port of Corpus Christi</a>&nbsp;closed on Friday in preparation for the storm. The US Coast Guard (USCG) reported several ports along the Texas coast as closed. </p>
<p><img border="0" alt="Source: USCG" src="https://www.icis.com/assets/getasset.aspx?ItemID=832952"><br><em>Source: USCG</em></p>
<p>Phillips 66 <a href="https://www.icis.com/subscriber/news/2017/08/26/10137270/us-phillips-66-shuts-freeport-terminal-ahead-of-hurricane-harvey/" target="_new">suspended&nbsp;operations</a> at its Freeport terminal&nbsp;-&nbsp;which includes it new liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) export terminal -&nbsp;as a result of Port Freeport closing, although its other US Gulf assets continue to operate normally while implementing hurricane preparation plans.</p>
<p>Other&nbsp;refineries and chemical plants have shut down in preparation for Harvey:<br>-Braskem Seadrift <a href="https://www.icis.com/subscriber/news/2017/08/25/10137245/plant-status-braskem-shuts-us-seadrift-pp-site-ahead-of-hurricane/" target="_new">polypropylene&nbsp;(PP)</a><br>-Citgo Corpus Christi <a href="https://www.icis.com/subscriber/news/2017/08/25/10137164/plant-status-citgo-shuts-us-corpus-christi-refinery-for-hurricane-harvey/" target="_new">refinery</a><br>-Enterprise Shoup gas <a href="https://www.icis.com/subscriber/news/2017/08/25/10137228/plant-status-enterprise-shuts-us-gas-processing-plant-ahead-of-hurricane/" target="_new">processing plant and fractionator</a><br>-Dow Seadrift <a href="https://www.icis.com/subscriber/news/2017/08/24/10136887/more-shutdowns-as-hurricane-harvey-nears-texas-coast/" target="_new">operations</a><br>-Flint Hills Corpus Christi refinery <a href="https://www.icis.com/subscriber/news/2017/08/24/10136825/plant-status-flint-hills-shuts-east-corpus-christi-refinery-units-ahead-of-storm/" target="_new">east</a> and <a href="https://www.icis.com/subscriber/news/2017/08/24/10136850/plant-status-flint-hills-shuts-west-corpus-christi-refinery-units-ahead-of-storm/" target="_new">west</a><br>-Formosa Plastics Point Comfort <a href="https://www.icis.com/subscriber/news/2017/08/24/10136856/plant-status-formosa-shuts-another-us-olefins-plant-ahead-of-harvey/" target="_new">olefins 1</a> and <a href="https://www.icis.com/subscriber/news/2017/08/24/10136785/plant-status-formosa-shuts-us-olefins-plant-ahead-of-tropical-storm-harvey/" target="_new">olefins 2</a><br>-INEOS Green Lake <a href="https://www.icis.com/subscriber/news/2017/08/25/10137145/plant-status-ineos-shutting-us-acn-plant-ahead-of-hurricane-harvey/" target="_new">acrylonitrile</a><br>-INVISTA Victoria <a href="https://www.icis.com/subscriber/news/2017/08/24/10136820/plant-status-invista-shuts-us-nylon-intermediate-plants-ahead-of-storm-harvey/" target="_new">nylon intermediates</a><br>-Javelina Corpus Christi <a href="https://www.icis.com/subscriber/news/2017/08/25/10136916/plant-status-javelina-shutting-us-gas-processing-unit-ahead-of-hurricane/" target="_new">gas processing plant</a><br>-OxyChem Ingleside <a href="https://www.icis.com/subscriber/news/2017/08/24/10136819/plant-status-oxychem-shuts-us-ingleside-complex-ahead-of-storm-harvey/" target="_new">ethylene and chlor-alkali</a><br>-Valero Corpus Christi <a href="https://www.icis.com/subscriber/news/2017/08/28/10137282/plant-status-valero-shuts-corpus-christi-refinerry-on-hurricane/" target="_new">refineries</a><br>-Valero Three Rivers <a href="https://www.icis.com/subscriber/news/2017/08/28/10137283/plant-status-valero-shuts-three-rivers-refinery-on-hurricane/" target="_new">refinery</a></p>
<p>Meanwhile:<br>-LyondellBasell is conducting preparations at its Corpus Christi <a href="https://www.icis.com/subscriber/news/2017/08/25/10136946/plant-status-lyondellbasell-prepares-corpus-christi-cracker-ahead-of-hurricane/" target="_new">olefins plant</a>. Sources said the producer has scaled back operations at its Houston refinery.<br>-DuPont is down at its Victoria <a href="https://www.icis.com/subscriber/news/2017/08/24/10136887/more-shutdowns-as-hurricane-harvey-nears-texas-coast/" target="_new">site</a> for a previously planned outage. It will commence start-up activities when the weather improves.<br>-INEOS discovered a heat exchanger tube leak at its Pasadena <a href="https://www.icis.com/subscriber/news/2017/08/24/10136838/plant-status-ineos-cumene-unit-shut-down-on-heat-exchanger-leak/" target="_new">site</a>. Repairs are unable to commence until weather risks pass.<br>-Liquefied natural gas (LNG) export <a href="https://www.icis.com/subscriber/news/2017/08/24/10136893/us-gulf-lng-sites-monitor-arrival-of-hurricane-harvey/" target="_new">construction sites</a> are also on alert.</p>
<p>To view an interactive map of petrochemical plants in Texas, click <a href="https://dataviz.icis.com/views/USHarveyPlantMap/Dashboard1?:embed=y&amp;:showShareOptions=true&amp;:display_count=no&amp;:showVizHome=no" target="_new">here</a>. Use the drop-down menu to see plants by products, and zoom in to see more details.</p>
<p><em>Pictured above: V<span>ehicles are submerged in the greater Houston area as the Hurricane Harvey made its landfall over the Texas Gulf Coast Friday night. (Source: <span>Xinhua News Agency/REX/Shutterstock)</span></span></em></p>
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