Braskem Continues Normal Operation of Triunfo Petrochemical Complex Despite Gasbol Pipeline Leak, an Industrial Info News Alert

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• Source: Industrial Info Resources
• On 5:45 am EST, Friday December 5, 2008

CORDOBA, ARGENTINA--(MARKET WIRE)--Dec 5, 2008 -- Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- Braskem's (NYSE:BAK - News) (Camacari, Brazil) Triunfo Petrochemical Complex, which the company recently acquired from Compania Petroquimica do Sul, in southern Brazil's Triunfo, Rio Grande do Sul, has been operating at normal capacity despite the recent leak of Petrobras' (NYSE:PBR - News) (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Gasbol pipeline that cut natural gas supplies to the region. Plant officials were forced to use other feedstock to continue operations.

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