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Hurricane Laura’s Impact on US Olefins
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Hurricane Laura made landfall in southwest Louisiana early on the morning of Thursday, August 27th. 25% of US ethylene capacity and 6% of global ethylene capacity was in the path of the storm, as well as 13% of US purity propylene capacity. Genscape tracked the plant operations and WoodMac analyzed the results. See this report to learn how Genscape and Woodmac work together to analyze the initial effects of the storm on the US ethylene and propylene markets.
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