# NOVA Chemicals completes construction of AST2 facility and Corunna Cracker Expansion in Ontario

NOVA Chemicals announced mechanical completion of its second Advanced SCLAIRTECH technology facility at the Rokeby Site and the third phase of the Corunna Cracker Expansion in Ontario. The projects represent over $2 billion CAD investment and will add 150 permanent jobs.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2022-12-21
- Where: St. Clair Township, Ontario, Canada
- Value: $1.48B (2.00B CAD)
- Jobs: 150
- Starts operating: Q3 2023
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: one billion pounds of polyethylene per year
- Products: polyethylene, ethylene
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [NOVA Chemicals](https://endata.com/companies/2940.md)

## Sources

- [novachem.com](https://www.novachem.com/media-center/news-releases/nova-chemicals-reaches-mechanical-completion-of-growth-projects-in-ontario/), 2022-12-21: "The world-scale AST2 facility, located at the new Rokeby Site in St. Clair Township, Ontario will have a production capacity of approximately one billion pounds of polyethylene per year."
- [theobserver.ca](https://www.theobserver.ca/news/local-news/nova-chemicals-completes-construction-of-sarnia-area-expansion), 2022-12-23: "We’re pleased to have completed the construction phase of the projects, and our team is now fully focused on safely completing post-construction activities prior to starting the commissioning phase of this flagship asset."
- [canada.constructconnect.com](https://canada.constructconnect.com/dcn/news/projects/2023/01/two-major-chemical-plants-wrap-in-sw-ontario), 2023-01-09: "We’re pleased to have completed the construction phase of the projects and our team is now fully focused on safely completing post-construction activities prior to starting the commissioning phase of this flagship asset."

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