# Total, Borealis and NOVA Chemicals close petrochemical joint venture in Texas

Total, Borealis and NOVA Chemicals have closed on the Bayport Polymers joint venture in Texas, which will take ownership of Total's existing polyethylene facility in Bayport and a $1.7 billion ethane steam cracker under construction in Port Arthur. The cracker is slated to begin operating in 2020.

- Type: Partnership
- Announced: 2018-05-25
- Where: Bayport and Port Arthur, Texas, United States
- Value: $1.70B
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 1 million tons per year ethane steam cracker; 880 million lbs per year polyethylene facility
- Products: polyethylene, ethane
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Bayport Polymers](https://endata.com/companies/32031.md)
- [Borealis](https://endata.com/companies/242.md) (partner)
- [Total](https://endata.com/companies/406.md) (partner)
- [NOVA Chemicals](https://endata.com/companies/2940.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [enr.com](https://www.enr.com/articles/44570-steam-cracker-polyethylene-plant-planned-for-gulf-coast-joint-venture), 2018-05-25: "The joint venture, Bayport Polymers, will take ownership of Total's existing 880-million-lb-per-year polyethylene facility in Bayport, Texas and a $1.7-billion, 1-million-ton-per-year ethane steam cracker that is being built by CB&I in Port Arthur, Texas."

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