# CPChem and QatarEnergy to build $8.5B polymers facility in Orange, Texas

Chevron Phillips Chemical (CPChem) and QatarEnergy are building the Golden Triangle Polymers Company integrated polymers facility in Orange, Texas. The $8.5 billion plant will have over 2 million mt/yr of ethane and HDPE capacity and is expected to begin operation in 2026, creating 300 permanent jobs.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2023-11-01
- Where: Orange, Texas, United States
- Value: $8.50B
- Jobs: 300
- Starts operating: 2026
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: over 2 million mt/yr of ethane and HDPE
- Products: polyethylene, high-density polyethylene (HDPE)
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [bicmagazine.com](https://www.bicmagazine.com/projects-expansions/downstream/cpchems-8b-project-inject-life-in-gulf-coast-region/), 2023-11-01: "We expect to reach peak construction in the latter part of 2024 and into 2025."

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