Indorama assesses damage at offline Lake Charles cracker in Louisiana

Houston — Indorama Ventures is still assessing the damage after lightning struck its Lake Charles cracker in Louisiana over the weekend, spokeswoman Krystal Medlock said in an email Aug. 3.

"No restart date is available at this time," Krystal Medlock said.

At around 8:30 am CT (1330 GMT) Aug. 1, "lightning struck our Lake Charles ethylene cracker resulting in a plant trip of the facility and subsequent flaring. The plant is currently offline and being assessed by plant personnel," Indorama said in a statement.

The unit has a capacity of 440,000 mt/year, according to S&P Global Platts data.

S&P Global Platts assessed spot Choctaw ethylene at 12.75 cents/lb July 31.