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Comment by Christopher on June 13, 2013 at 1:49pm

This is the Williams Olefins chemical plant - The Williams Companies Inc; Union Texas Petrochemicals.

The Williams Companies Inc in Geismar, LA is a private company categorized under Olefins.

According to the company's website, it provides products to customers in the petrochemical industry. The Geismar plant produces 1.3 billion pounds of ethylene and 90 million pounds of polymer grade propylene, both flammable gases used in industrial chemicals and plastic products.

Almost every plastic is ethylene based. 1.3 billion pounds of It being produced at this plant.

The Olefin team is responsible for the ethane transportation business consisting of approximately 200 miles of pipelines, as well as a refinery-grade propylene splitter.

A neighboring plant says the major exposure is Butadiene spheres. They say that Williams Olefin has a hydrocarbon fire and the concern is that another explosion could occur and the fire is not under control.