# BASF expands specialty amines capacity at Geismar, Louisiana

BASF will increase production capacity for polyetheramines and tertiary amines at its Geismar, Louisiana site, with the expansion expected to be on-stream by mid-2023.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2022-06-28
- Where: Geismar, Louisiana, United States
- Value: $780.0M
- Jobs: 184
- Starts operating: Q3 2023
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 600,000 metric tons per year
- Products: polyetheramines (Baxxodur), tertiary amines (Lupragen)
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [BASF](https://endata.com/companies/298.md)

## Sources

- [basf.com](https://www.basf.com/us/en/media/news-releases/2022/06/basf-expands-capacity-for-key-specialty-amines-in-north-america), 2022-06-28: "BASF will increase the production capacity for key specialty amines manufactured at its Geismar, Louisiana site."
- [basf.com](https://www.basf.com/global/en/media/news-releases/2022/07/p-22-285), 2022-07-18: "This investment underlines our commitment to North America and strengthens BASF’s supply reliability and the competitiveness of our customers’ value chains in the region."
- [wbrz.com](https://www.wbrz.com/news/geismar-receives-780-million-for-chemical-plant-expansion/), 2022-07-19: "BASF announced a final investment of $780 million to double production capacity at a manufacturing facility in Ascension Parish."
- [basf.com](https://www.basf.com/us/en/media/news-releases/2022/07/basf-confirms-final-phase-of-mdi-expansion-at-geismar-verbund-si), 2022-07-19: "This investment underlines our commitment to North America and strengthens BASF's supply reliability and the competitiveness of our customers' value chains in the region."
- [opportunitylouisiana.gov](https://www.opportunitylouisiana.gov/news/basf-commits-780-million-to-complete-geismar-chemical-plant-expansion), 2022-07-19: "BASF announced a final investment decision on a $780 million project to double production capacity at its chemical manufacturing complex in Ascension Parish."
- [theadvocate.com](https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/business/780-million-expansion-of-chemical-production-planned-for-basfs-geismar-plant/article_c85baae4-0765-11ed-bfbc-9fdf53ed82e7.html), 2022-07-19: "As one of BASF’s Verbund sites, the Geismar location is ideally suited for the expansion of our MDI production thanks to its existing infrastructure, reliable raw material supply, skilled workforce and strong community support."
- [ien.com](https://www.ien.com/operations/news/22340320/basf-invests-780m-in-us-chemical-plant-expansion), 2022-07-19: "BASF announced a final investment decision on a $780 million project to double production capacity at its chemical manufacturing complex in Ascension Parish, Louisiana."
- [ascensionedc.com](https://ascensionedc.com/basf-commits-780-million-to-complete-geismar-chemical-plant-expansion/), 2022-07-28: "BASF announced a final investment decision on a $780 million project to double production capacity at its chemical manufacturing complex in Ascension Parish"
- [ogj.com](https://www.ogj.com/refining-processing/petrochemicals/article/14280973/basf-to-expand-production-at-geismar-chemical-cluster), 2022-08-01: "BASF approved a project that, by yearend 2025, will expand MDI production capacity to 600,000 tpy at its chemical manufacturing complex in Geismar, La."
- [globenewswire.com](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/08/04/2492466/0/en/BASF-to-produce-more-specialty-pyrrolidones-in-North-America.html), 2022-08-04: "BASF has announced it will produce more N-(2-Hydroxyethyl)-2-Pyrrolidone (HEP) and N-Octyl-2-Pyrrolidone (NOP) at its Geismar, Louisiana, Verbund site."

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