据ICIS-MRC网站12月4日莫斯科报道，根据《化学周刊》（Chemweek）引用OPIS的数据显示，到11月结束，欧洲乙烯总产能的大约六分之一处于停滞状态。
裂解装置产能的减少足以使乙烯和丙烯供应紧张，因为剩余的石化生产商希望在该地区保持强劲的运行速度。
由于维护或运营问题而导致产能下降的主要装置包括：荷兰的131万吨/年的Geleen和94万吨/年的Moerdijk裂解装置;部分以乙烷为原料的年产86.5万吨的英国威尔顿工厂；瑞典也部分使用乙烷的年产62.5万吨的Stenungsund设备，芬兰Porvoo年产40万吨的工厂以及德国年产31万吨的Wesseling裂解装置。Porvoo厂预计将于12月初重启。
郝芬 译自 ICIS-MRC
原文如下：
One sixth of overall European ethylene capacity was shut in November
Through November, broadly The reduction in cracker capacity was sufficiently large to tighten the supply of ethylene and propylene, as the remaining petrochemical producers looked to maintain strong run rates in the region.
The major units that have seen reduced capacity through maintenance or operational issues included the 1.31-million metric tons/year Geleen and 940,000-metric tons/year Moerdijk crackers in the Netherlands; the 865,000-metric tons/year Wilton plant in the UK, which is partly ethane fed; the 625,000-metric tons/year Stenungsund facility in Sweden, also partly ethane fed; the 400,000-metric tons/year plant at Porvoo in Finland; and the 310,000-metric tons/year Wesseling cracker in Germany. The Porvoo plant is expecting a restart in early December.