BASF restarts German petchem cracker after fire

LONODN | Tue Feb 2, 2010 11:19am EST

LONODN Feb 2 (Reuters) - BASF BASF.DE has started its German Ludwigshafen petrochemical cracker after a fire in December, a spokesman told Reuters on Tuesday.

"All our crackers in Europe are running. The Antwerp cracker was restarted on Jan. 2, the Ludwigshafen cracker restarted on Jan. 29," a company spokesman said in an emailed statement.

The German cracker was shut down on Dec. 23.

(Reporting by Emma Farge; editing by William Hardy)

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