A large-scale explosion in a chemical plant in the European Industrial Park! Or increase the price of materials such as ethylene oxide, surfactants!

Large-scale industrial park in Europe suddenly explodes! More than 10 casualties!
On the evening of the 14th local time, a large-scale explosion occurred at a chemical plant in the port city of Tarragona in the northeastern part of Spain in Catalonia. At present, one person has been killed and at least nine people have been injured, three of them are seriously injured .
After the accident, more than 20 fire trucks, 11 ambulances and a helicopter went to the scene for rescue. According to the Associated Press, a spokesman for the city government where the chemical plant is located said preliminary investigations revealed that the blast killed a resident in a nearby residential area. The local fire station tweeted that the man died in a building affected by the explosion.
Catalonia's interior minister, Miquel Buch, said nine workers were injured in the bombing plant, three of them seriously injured and one missing. Local residents uploaded a post-explosion video of flames and a large black smoke rising from a large industrial area.
The local government said that "about 30 people are now performing emergency work in the vicinity of the explosion to cool nearby chemical storage tanks. In addition, a small part of the fire is still burning and staff are cooling and extinguishing fire." The defense department advised nearby residents to close the doors and windows as much as possible and stay indoors, and said there was no evidence that the explosion produced toxic gases.
The accident company is the only producer of ethylene oxide and ethylene glycol in Spain and Portugal!
According to the official website of the company IQOXE, the company is the only ethylene oxide producer in Spain. 50% of it is used to produce ethylene glycol, which is one of the main raw materials for producing PET polymers. Ethylene oxide is a compound used in the manufacture of detergents, solvents and other products.
The Associated Press reports that since 2015, Tarragona has built a 1200-hectare "chemical center" industrial park, the largest of its kind in Southern Europe.
North America and Western Europe were the main export regions of ethylene oxide!
It is worth mentioning that the area where the accident occurred is the main export area of ethylene oxide derivatives.
Ethylene oxide is a flammable and explosive hazardous chemical, and its transportation and distance are greatly restricted. Globally, only a small amount of commercial ethylene oxide arrives at downstream plants by road transport, and some are achieved through nearby pipelines, and more are supplied to manufacturers' own downstream plants to produce derivatives. . This has resulted in significant regional production of commercial ethylene oxide, and differences in demand composition and asynchronous development between different regions have led to uneven distribution of global commercial ethylene oxide production.
However, the international trade of ethylene oxide derivatives has been very active and played a positive role in balancing the global commodity ethylene oxide resources. Before 2013, North America and Western Europe were the main export regions of ethylene oxide derivatives, and the fast-growing Asian (especially China) market became the main target region for all exporting countries.
At present, because the Middle East has also joined the ranks of exporters of ethylene oxide derivatives, coupled with the rapid expansion of China ’s capacity, the trade pattern of ethylene oxide derivatives has quietly changed, but the pattern of China's dependence on imports remains difficult in a short time change. The exporter of ethylene oxide derivatives in North America and Western Europe remains high.