Westlake Chemical South Clearing Ethylene Pipeline, Expect Flaring and Loud Noises

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Westlake Chemical South Clearing Ethylene Pipeline, Expect Flaring and Loud Noises

Published February 7, 2021

Residents in Southwest Louisiana may hear flaring and loud noises beginning around 3:30 pm while a local chemical plant clears an ethylene pipeline.

February 7, 2021, at 3 pm Westlake Chemical South plant issued a notification indicating that they would be performing the process of clearing an ethylene pipeline beginning at approximately 3:30 pm the same day. Flaring may be seen and loud noises are expected in the area.

The duration of the process was unknown at the time this was published.