Explosion hits Shell's Netherlands Moerdijk plant

摘要

AN investigation is under way into an explosion that took place late on June 3 at Royal Dutch Shell PLC's Moerdijk petrochemical plant in the Netherlands. The explosion and resulting fire occurred in a reactor of the MSPO-2 installation, which produces styrene monomer and propylene oxide, according to a series of releases from Shell Nederland Chemie BV on June 4.The installation was temporarily out of service for routine maintenance at the time of the blast, but two employees suffered minor injuries as a result of the incident, the company said.