# Dow plans major petrochemical expansion and net-zero retrofit in Alberta

Dow Chemical plans to triple the size of its Fort Saskatchewan petrochemical plant, building a 1.8-million-tonne-per-year ethane cracker and retrofitting the complex for net-zero emissions. The project is expected to cost upwards of $10 billion.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2021-10-06
- Where: Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada
- Value: $10.0B
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 1.8 million tonnes per year ethane cracker; triple ethylene and polyethylene production
- Products: ethylene, polyethylene, plastics
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md), [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Dow Chemical](https://endata.com/companies/2284.md)

## Sources

- [financialpost.com](https://financialpost.com/energy/oil-gas/staggering-dow-plans-major-petrochemical-expansion-shift-to-net-zero-in-alberta/), 2021-10-06: "Dow intends to retrofit the natural-gas-to-plastics complex to make it the world’s first net-zero carbon emissions petrochemical plant."

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