# LyondellBasell installs major equipment at PO/TBA plant in Texas

LyondellBasell's world-scale propylene oxide (PO) and tertiary butyl alcohol (TBA) plant in Channelview and Bayport, Texas, reached over 30% completion with installation of major equipment including a 601-ton distillation tower. The plant will produce 470,000 metric tons of PO and 1 million metric tons of TBA annually.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2020-02-21
- Where: Channelview and Pasadena, Texas, United States
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 470,000 metric tons of PO and 1 million metric tons of TBA per year
- Products: propylene oxide, tertiary butyl alcohol, MTBE, ETBE
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com](https://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2020/02/lyondellbasell-s-potba-project-installs-major-pieces-of-process-equipment/), 2020-02-21: "The installation of several large pieces of process equipment, including a gargantuan 601-ton distillation tower that soars 25 stories high, is now taking place, marking a shift from infrastructure work to vertical assembly."

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