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Louisiana Complex restarted by Sasol post hurricane

Sasol has restarted its seven units at its chemical complex based at Charles Lake in Louisiana. Rest os the units are likely to resume production by October end. The region was badly affected b y two hurricanes in the span of six weeks.commissioning has resumed on a new 420,000 mt/year low-density polyethylene plant -- the last of new units to come online at its $12.9 billion Lake Charles expansion -- and is expected to start up by the end of October as well.

Sasol is among Lake Charles chemical producers with operations shut ahead of Hurricane Laura's Aug. 27 landfall, and again before Hurricane Delta came ashore Oct. 9, mirroring Laura's path.