Olin: FM declared Feb. 16 on US chlorine, caustic soda, ethylene dichloride, epoxy, hydrochloric acid and other products produced at its Freeport, Texas, complex. OxyChem: FM declared Feb. 15 on US chlorine, caustic soda, EDC, vinyl chloride monomer and polyvinyl chloride. LyondellBasell: FM declared Feb. 15 on US polypropylene INEOS Olefins and Polymers USA: FM declared Feb. 15 on polypropylene OQ Chemicals: FM declared Feb. 15 on US oxo-alcohols, aldehydes, acids and esters produced at its Bay City, Texas, operations Houston — Petrochemical producers were shutting down plants and some declared force majeure on products they make as a historic deep freeze enveloped the US Gulf Coast. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now “The real problems are going to start when they start back up,” a market source said. “You have to empty the whole system or pipes will burst. It will […]