# Chevron Phillips Chemical and QatarEnergy start building $8.5B ethane cracker in Orange County, Texas

Chevron Phillips Chemical and QatarEnergy have begun construction of the Golden Triangle Polymers Plant, an $8.5 billion integrated cracker complex in Orange County, Texas. The facility includes an ethane cracker with 2.08 million tonnes/year ethylene capacity and two HDPE units with combined 2 million tonnes/year capacity, expected to start up in 2026.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2023-03-08
- Where: Orange County, Texas, United States
- Value: $8.50B
- Jobs: 500
- Starts operating: 2026
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 2.08 million tonnes/year ethylene; 2 million tonnes/year HDPE
- Products: ethylene, high-density polyethylene (HDPE)
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md), [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Golden Triangle Polymers Company](https://endata.com/companies/10367.md)
- [Chevron Phillips Chemical](https://endata.com/companies/9058.md) (partner)
- [QatarEnergy](https://endata.com/companies/30677.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [frackcheckwv.net](https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2023/04/10/east-texas-getting-new-8-5-billion-ethane-cracker-plastics-facility/), 2023-04-10: "We are investing $8.5 billion to build this world-scale facility, which is QatarEnergy’s second largest investment in the US after the more than $11 billion investment in the Golden Pass LNG production and export facility."

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