Shell says 800,000-tpy Singapore ethylene cracker shut on outage

Reuters Africa, 21 Mar 2011SINGAPORE, March 21 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell Plc has shut its one-year old 800,000 tonne-per-year (tpy) ethylene cracker in Singapore following operational issues, and has declared force majeure on some chemical supplies, a spokeswoman said on Monday."We have declared force majeure under some of our chemicals contracts," the spokeswoman said. Full story