# 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.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-08-22
- Where: Channelview and Pasadena, Texas, United States
- Value: $2.40B
- Jobs: 2,200
- Starts operating: 2021
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 470,000 metric tons of PO and 1 million metric tons of TBA annually
- Products: propylene oxide, tertiary butyl alcohol, oxyfuels
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [LyondellBasell](https://endata.com/companies/1444.md)

## Sources

- [prnewswire.com](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/lyondellbasell-begins-construction-of-the-worlds-largest-potba-plant-300701237.html), 2018-08-22: "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."
- [business-news-today.com](https://business-news-today.com/construction-begins-on-lyondellbasells-2-4bn-po-tba-plant-in-houston/), 2018-08-27: "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 that will help improve air quality around the world."

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