German BASF, a leading global manufacturer of petrochemicals, on June 2 this year, stopped production on cracker number 2 in Ludwigshafen (Ludwigshafen, Germany) to conduct routine maintenance, the company told ICIS source.

It is expected that the renovation activities of the cracker BASF in Ludwigshafen, the capacity of 400 ths. Tons of ethylene per year will last until July.

In addition, the company operates a cracking setting number 1 capacity of 220 thous. Tons of ethylene per year on the same site.

Previously, it was noted that in April 2014 BASF stopped cracker number 2 due to technical problems, and in September there was a fire at the plant, which was also due to technical problems during the preparations for the two-week maintenance.

As reported earlier the company MRC, in January 2016 the Chinese company BASF-YPC Co Ltd, a joint venture between BASF and Chinese of Sinopec, was forced to close its cracker
capacity of 740 th. tons per year in Nanjing (Jiangsu, China) due to frozen pipes on a background of adverse weather conditions.

BASF SE (headquartered in Ludwigshafen) – the world’s largest manufacturer of chemical products for the industry, including production and processing of oil and gas; It has more than 150 manufacturing facilities in the world, including a number of production lines in Russia. At the end of 2013 the German concern BASF increased sales and profits compared to the year 2012 by 3% – up to EUR74 billion.