# Total finalizes investment to double polyethylene capacity at Texas Bayport Polymers

Total made a final investment decision to expand its Texas Bayport Polymers joint venture, doubling polyethylene production capacity to around 1.1 million tonnes per year. The new unit will have a capacity of 625,000 tonnes per year, with production expected to start in 2021.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2018-09-01
- Where: Bayport, Texas, United States
- Starts operating: 2021
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 1.1 million tonnes per year
- Products: polyethylene
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md), [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Total](https://endata.com/companies/406.md)
- [Borealis](https://endata.com/companies/242.md) (partner)
- [Total](https://endata.com/companies/406.md) (investor)
- [McDermott](https://endata.com/companies/1650.md) (supplier)
- [NOVA Chemicals](https://endata.com/companies/2940.md) (partner)
- [Nova Chemical Corp](https://endata.com/companies/23111.md) (partner)
- [Novealis Holdings LLC](https://endata.com/companies/34723.md) (investor)

## Sources

- [admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com](https://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2018/09/total-finalizes-plans-to-expand-texas-bayport-polymers-in-petrochems-push/), 2018-09-25: "The project is in line with our strategy to develop petrochemicals at our major integrated (refining) complexes and leverage competitively priced feedstocks."
- [canplastics.com](https://www.canplastics.com/materials/nova-chemicals-assumes-sales-and-marketing-representation-in-the-americas-for-bayport-polymers-jv/1003449403/), 2019-01-02: "In September, Total and Novealis announced the final investment decision to build a 625,000-ton-per-year PE unit at its production site in Bayport, Texas."

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