# Total, Borealis and NOVA Chemicals close petrochemical joint venture Bayport Polymers

Total, Borealis and NOVA Chemicals closed a joint venture named Bayport Polymers on the U.S. Gulf Coast, including an under-construction ethane steam cracker in Port Arthur, Texas, Total's existing polyethylene facility in Bayport, and a planned new polyethylene unit.

- Type: Partnership
- Announced: 2018-12-04
- Where: Port Arthur, Texas; Bayport, Texas, United States
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 1 Mt/y ethane steam cracker; 400 kt/y polyethylene; 625 kt/y Borstar polyethylene
- Products: ethylene, polyethylene
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [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

- [waimaotong.com](https://www.waimaotong.com/article/detail/id/5584.html), 2018-12-04: "The partnership between Total, Borealis and NOVA Chemicals will create a major player in the U.S. polyethylene market."

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