# LyondellBasell to build world's largest PO/TBA plant in Texas

LyondellBasell announced a final investment decision to build a $2.4 billion propylene oxide and tertiary butyl alcohol plant at its Channelview Complex in Texas. The plant will produce 1 billion pounds of PO and 2.2 billion pounds of TBA annually.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-07-21
- Where: Channelview, Texas, United States
- Value: $2.40B
- Jobs: 2,500
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 1 billion pounds PO and 2.2 billion pounds TBA per year
- Products: propylene oxide, tertiary butyl alcohol, MTBE, ETBE
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [LyondellBasell](https://endata.com/companies/1444.md)

## Sources

- [prnewswire.com](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/lyondellbasell-to-build-the-worlds-largest-potba-plant-in-texas-300492083.html), 2017-07-21: "This world-scale project is a key part of our organic growth strategy which is designed to meet rising global demand for both urethanes and cleaner-burning oxyfuels"

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