# Bayport Polymers breaks ground on $1.7B ethane cracker in Port Arthur, Texas

Bayport Polymers LLC, a joint venture of Total, Borealis and NOVA Chemicals, broke ground on a new 1 Mt/y ethane cracker at the Total Port Arthur Refinery. The $1.7 billion project is expected to start up in 2020 and create about 1,500 construction jobs and 60 permanent jobs.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-06-04
- Where: Port Arthur, Texas, United States
- Value: $1.70B
- Jobs: 1,500
- Starts operating: 2020
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 1 Mt/y
- Products: ethylene, polyethylene
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [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

- [prnewswire.com](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bayport-polymers-llc-celebrates-groundbreaking-ceremony-for-new-ethane-cracker-in-port-arthur-texas-300659131.html), 2018-06-04: "This is an important milestone for our new company."
- [ptonline.com](https://www.ptonline.com/articles/major-pe-jv-bay-pol-breaks-ground-), 2018-06-21: "The official groundbreaking of an over 2-billion lb/yr ethane steam cracker held earlier this month in Port Arthur, Texas, is the first project for the newly-formed Bayport Polymers LLC"

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