Geismar to ramp up production by June

OREANDA-NEWS. April 27, 2015. Williams' newly expanded Geismar, Louisiana ethylene cracker will ramp up production rates to 1.95bn lb/yr by June, the company announced today.

The facility, which restarted in late March, is currently running at its re-expansion base rate of 1.35bn lb/yr.

"The expanded plant was ramping up when a new transformer that supplied power to a plant expansion compressor unexpectedly failed," the company statted. "The transformer is being repaired at the original manufacturer's facility."

The Geismar cracker was shut for repairs and expansion work following a 2013 explosion.