# Ineos lets EPC contract for PAO unit at Chocolate Bayou

Ineos Oligomers has let a lump-sum EPC contract to a joint venture of SNC-Lavalin and JV Driver to design and build a 120,000 tonnes/year polyalphaolefin (PAO) unit at the Chocolate Bayou complex in Alvin, Texas. Startup is scheduled for October 2019.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2018-04-16
- Where: Alvin, Texas, United States
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 120,000 tonnes/year
- Products: polyalphaolefin (PAO)
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [INEOS Oligomers](https://endata.com/companies/3087.md)
- [SNC-Lavalin](https://endata.com/companies/296.md) (supplier)
- [JV Driver](https://endata.com/companies/3086.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [ogj.com](https://www.ogj.com/home/article/17232421/ineos-lets-contract-for-chocolate-bayou-pao-unit), 2018-04-16: "Ineos Oligomers, a division of Ineos AG, Rolle, Switzerland, has let a contract to a joint venture of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc., Montreal, and JV Driver Group, Houston, to design and build a polyalphaolefin (PAO) unit at Ineos Olefins & Polymers USA’s Chocolate Bayou petrochemical complex in Alvin, Tex"

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