PPG Industries PPG announced that its chlor-alkali complex in Lake
Charles, La., experienced a production outage stemming from a major generator
transformer failure, which resulted in an electrical disruption and subsequent
shutdown of the entire plant. The incident occurred Nov. 28 and did not result
in any chemicals releases or injuries to plant personnel but did lead to a
multiday production stoppage.
“Plant personnel reacted quickly and appropriately,” said Michael H. McGarry,
PPG executive vice president. “Due to their efforts, we were able to avert a
longer plant outage.”
The company indicated that following an orderly start-up, the plant resumed
partial operations Nov. 30. However, power generation continues to be impacted
by damaged electrical equipment.
“Due to the electrical damage, we are still not generating sufficient power
internally, so we have begun to purchase power externally. We have commenced
repairs to our electrical system and expect completion to take 4 to 6 weeks,”
McGarry said. “We are now running at operating rates sufficient to meet
current customer demand, and we expect to be able to continue to meet demand
throughout the repair period.”
McGarry added that the lost sales volume and expense associated with the plant
stoppage, transitory external power purchases and equipment repairs will
likely impact PPG's fourth quarter Commodity Chemical segment earnings by $4
million to $8 million.
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