LyondellBasell breaks ground on $2.4 billion PO/TBA plant in Texas

LyondellBasell broke ground on a $2.4 billion propylene oxide (PO) and tertiary butyl alcohol (TBA) plant at its Channelview Complex in Texas, with an associated ethers unit at its Bayport Complex. The plant will produce 470,000 metric tons of PO and 1 million metric tons of TBA annually, with startup planned for 2021.

“This plant will be the largest of its kind, built to meet the rising global demand for urethanes used by billions of consumers each day and clean-burning oxyfuels.”prnewswire.com

• 2 sources
• prnewswire.comLyondellBasell Begins Construction of the World's Largest PO/TBA PlantLyondellBasellAug 22, 2018
• business-news-today.comConstruction begins on LyondellBasell’s $2.4bn PO/TBA Plant in HoustonPallavi MadhirajuAug 27, 2018

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