[TWhiteBear]

Reuters
UPDATE - Tug, tanker collision closes Houston Ship Channel
Friday March 19, 6:59 pm ET
http://biz.yahoo.com/rm/040319/transport_shipchannel_houston_4.html

What is 'petrochemical reformate'?
Another ship channel blocked.

[StillProud2BeFree]

Looks like its not a good day to be a ship.

Ships collide in high sea: Coast Guard rescues crew

http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=43334

EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE


BHUJ, MARCH 19: Two ships collided head-on near Sikka port in the Gulf of Kutch on Friday, splitting one of them in half. The Coast Guard rescued 19 crew members aboard the latter.
The collision, the first along the 1,600-km Gujarat coastline, occurred northwest of Sikka port in Jamnagar. The MV Delta reached Kandla on Tuesday from Fujiarah port in the UAE to unload naphtha at oil jetty number 2. It left the port on Friday and was near the entry point to the Gulf when it collided with another foreign flagship — APL Busan — on its way to Mundra port.
The collision broke the Delta in two while Busan was not damaged, Chief Nautical Officer of Gujarat Maritime Board S.C. Mathur said. Nineteen crew members on the Delta were rescued. ‘‘We sent our craft to get them to the port for treatment and to provide other assistance through the ship’s Kandla agents,’’ Captain H.K. Sibal, Deputy Conservator of Kandla port, said.

Sibal, who rushed to Kandla from Gandhidham, blamed the accident on ‘‘foggy weather’’ but said there was no spillage as the oil tanker was empty. ‘‘This is not unusual. During bad weather, ships do collide. Luckily, there was no loss of life or any kind of spill.’’

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What is 'petrochemical reformate'?

I'm not sure but it sounds like maybe a mixture of petrochemicals.

[Oorang]

PETROCHEMICALS = Chemicals derived from petroleum; i.e. feedstock for the manufacture of plastics and synthetic rubber etc. Petrochemicals include benzene, toluene, xylene, styrene, and methanol

REFORMATE = A high-aromatics / high-octane product made in a reformer and used to blend aviation gasoline or motor gasoline.

Source is oilfield glossary

[JustPiper]

reforming process is one of the most. widely used and important processes in re- finery and petrochemical industries for theproduction of BTX (benzene, toluene, xylene)

Petrochemical Processes and Products ... hydrocarbon mixtures, such as reformed petroleum naphtha (reformate), pyrolysis gasoline (pygas), or coke oven light oil

Anything petrochemical is dangerous is it not?