# Lotte Chemical and Westlake Chemical open $3.1B ethylene and ethylene glycol complex in Louisiana

Lotte Chemical USA and Westlake Chemical Corporation held an official opening ceremony on May 9, 2019, for their joint-venture ethylene and ethylene glycol production facility near Lake Charles, Louisiana. The $3.1 billion project broke ground in June 2016 and includes an ethane-cracker plant and an ethylene glycol plant on approximately 250 acres.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2019-05-09
- Where: near Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States
- Value: $3.10B
- Starts operating: 9 May 2019
- Status: completed
- Products: ethylene, ethylene glycol
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Lotte Chemical](https://endata.com/companies/2025.md) (partner)
- [Westlake Chemical](https://endata.com/companies/23414.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [inspectioneering.com](https://inspectioneering.com/news/2019-05-20/8470/lotte-chemical--westlake-chemical-host-grand-opening-ceremony-fo), 2019-05-20: "Among Korean petrochemical companies, Lotte Chemical is the first to locate a project in the United States; as such, this project represents a significant investment by Lotte Chemical."

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