Sunoco Inc. said that 40 to 50 workers will lose jobs because it is permanently closing the ethylene complex that was damaged in an explosion and fire at its Marcus Hook, Pa., oil refinery.
The Philadelphia company said the demand for ethylene, ethylene oxide and cyclohexane doesn’t justify repairing or replacing equipment at the complex that was damaged by the explosion and resulting fire.
Sunoco said it has begun negotiating with Local 10-901 of the United Steelworkers Union, which represents 650 to 700 employees at the refinery, to finalize the workers’ severance packages.
An explosion in the ethylene unit at the refinery on the night of May 17 started the fire.
Ethylene is a byproduct of the petroleum refining process that is used to make the plastic polypropylene, which Sunoco produces at a chemical plant adjacent to its Marcus Hook refinery.
Source: Biz Journals
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