# Total, Borealis and NOVA Chemicals close Bayport Polymers joint venture

Total Petrochemicals & Refining USA, Borealis AG and NOVA Chemicals closed a joint venture named Bayport Polymers LLC, combining an under-construction ethane steam cracker in Port Arthur, Texas, Total's existing polyethylene facility in Bayport, Texas, and a planned new polyethylene unit.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2018-05-24
- Where: Port Arthur, Texas and Bayport, Texas, United States
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 1 Mt/y ethane steam cracker, 400 kt/y polyethylene facility, 625 kt/y new polyethylene unit
- Products: polyethylene, ethane
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Borealis](https://endata.com/companies/242.md) (partner)
- [NOVA Chemicals](https://endata.com/companies/2940.md) (partner)
- [Total Petrochemicals and Refining USA, Inc.](https://endata.com/companies/23087.md) (partner)
- [Bayport Polymers](https://endata.com/companies/32031.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [borealisgroup.com](https://www.borealisgroup.com/news/total-borealis-and-nova-chemicals-close-their-joint-venture-in-petrochemicals-1), 2018-05-24: "Total Petrochemicals & Refining USA Inc., Borealis AG and NOVA Chemicals Inc. today announced they have closed a joint venture in petrochemicals on the U.S. Gulf Coast."

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