Lyondell Gulf Coast facilities restarting following Hurricane Rita
  by: OilOnline
  Tuesday, September 27, 2005

Lyondell Chemical Company has announced that its Texas Gulf Coast facilities are in the process of resuming operations that were shut down as a result of Hurricane Rita. All but one of Lyondell's Texas facilities is expected to be in operation by the end of this week.

Lyondell facilities most distant from the hurricane's path were the first to return to operation including the Corpus Christi, Texas, ethylene plant and high density polyethylene units at Matagorda and Victoria, Texas. The 268,000-barrel-per-day Houston refinery, a joint venture between Lyondell and Citgo Petroleum, also is ramping up production. The ethylene glycol plant at Beaumont, Texas, was closest to landfall for the hurricane and is expected to be out of service for possibly one month.