March 13 (Reuters) – LyondellBasell said on Friday that a fire at its Bayport Choate chemical plant in Texas had been contained and that all personnel were safe and accounted for.
The company said its on-site firefighting and incident response team was activated and that there were no injuries. It added that no off-site impact was expected and that “there is no need for action by the community.”
Shares of the company were down 2.2% at $72.70 in early trading.
LyondellBasell earlier said it had an operational issue at the site and people in the community might see bright flames or smoke.
The fire occurred on Thursday at around 9 p.m. local time, the company said in an emailed response to Reuters, adding that it was receiving support from the Channel Industries Mutual Aid (CIMA), as well as firefighting teams from neighboring areas.
The Bayport Choate site produces propylene oxide, propylene glycol, propylene glycol ether, tertiary butyl alcohol, high-purity isobutylene, tertiary butyl hydroperoxide and ethyl tertiary-butyl ether, according to the company’s website.
It is the largest propylene oxide/tertiary butyl alcohol site in the world based on production volume.
(Reporting by Noel John, Ishaan Arora, Swati Verma and Anmol Choubey in Bengaluru; Editing by Christian Schmollinger, Susan Fenton, Rod Nickel)
