# INEOS Oligomers to build world-scale PAO plant at Chocolate Bayou, Texas

INEOS Oligomers announced a final investment decision to build a 120 ktpa low viscosity polyalphaolefin (PAO) unit at its Chocolate Bayou, Texas site, scheduled to start up in Q3 2019.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-12-14
- Where: Chocolate Bayou, Texas, United States
- Starts operating: Q3 2019
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 120,000 metric tons per annum
- Products: low viscosity polyalphaolefin (PAO)
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [INEOS Oligomers](https://endata.com/companies/3087.md)

## Sources

- [ineos.com](https://www.ineos.com/businesses/ineos-oligomers/news/ineos-oligomers-to-build-new-world-scale-pao-plant-at-chocolate-bayou-tx/), 2017-12-14: "INEOS Oligomers announced it had made the Final Investment Decision (FID) to build a new world scale, low viscosity Polyalphaolefin (PAO) unit on the INEOS site at Chocolate Bayou, TX."

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