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Sunoco to close ethylene complex in Delaware

By: The Associated Press | 06 Jul 2009 | 05:56 PM ET

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CLAYMONT, Del. - Sunoco says it will close the ethylene complex at the Marcus Hook Refinery, weeks after it was shut down because of an explosion and fire.

Forty to 50 employees will be laid off.

Sunoco spokesman Thomas Golembeski said Monday that there is not enough demand for ethylene, ethylene oxide and cyclohexane to justify repairing or replacing equipment that was damaged in the explosion on May 17.

Golembeski says the polymers manufacturing facility next to the refinery, which used ethylene from the refinery, will operate using an alternate supply.

There were no injuries in the explosion and blaze at the refinery. Golembeski says preliminary findings indicate a pipe failure resulted in the release of combustible ethylene gas, but the cause of the pip failure is still under investigation.

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