The German company BASF declared force majeure on deliveries of ethylene and propylene from its oil complex in Ludwigshafen due to a fire that occurred on 17 October, ICIS reported, citing the statement of the company.

The company declared force majeure on propylene supplies from refinery Miro refinery in Karlsruhe, which is located about 70 km south of Ludwigshafen, because of damage to the pipeline.

According to the source, Ethylene was also damaged, so the company declared force majeure on ethylene supply.

Earlier it was reported that as a result of fire BASF closed two cracker due to lack of supply of raw materials. BASF in Ludwigshafen has two steam cracker total capacity of 620 thous. Tons per year. The remaining 20 plants at the production site in Ludwigshafen either stopped or reduced their capacity utilization.

The fire killed two employees, six people were seriously injured.

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 2015 the German concern BASF sales totaled about EUR70 billion.