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