Following the July 29-31 fire and subsequent leak at Shell's Pernis refinery in the Netherlands –- the largest in Europe and a key petrochemicals hub –- S&P Global Platts editors discuss the impact of this major incident on the region's oil and petchems markets; and assess how supply disruption from a key source leads markets down alternate avenues.
While the refinery was expected to remain offline until H2 August, Shell said on August 8 that it is already restarting a number of units.
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