incitec pivot ltd on tuesday said its ammonia plant in louisiana has restarted following repairs and estimated a 92 million hit to net profit because of a twomonth shutdown the australialisted company in february reported a rupture in a section of pipe that caused a release of hydrogen at the waggaman facility soon after the incident it projected a net profit hit of 68 million90 million incitec which said the facility was operating at capacity estimated that the impact to earnings before interest and tax from the downtime was around 128 million that was also above its february estimate of 95 million125 million incitec is scheduled to release its firsthalf fiscal results on may 23 it said roughly 75 of the shutdowns impact on earnings will be reflected in those results the firsthalf results wont include adjustments for potential insurance recoveries though the company said ipl is continuing to work with its insurers to progress a claim under the companys comprehensive property insurance policy it said