Total Petrochemicals and Refining USA, Inc.

Baystar Polymers held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new 625,000 metric ton-per-year Borstar polyethylene unit at its Pasadena, Texas site. The unit is expected to start up in 2021 and will use Borstar technology for the first time in North America.

Baystar held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new 625,000 metric ton-per-year Borstar polyethylene unit at its Pasadena, Texas site. The unit will double site capacity and is expected to start up in 2021, creating about 1,750 construction jobs.

McDermott International received full notice to proceed from Entergy Texas for the Montgomery County Power Station, a 993-MW combined-cycle natural gas plant in Willis, Texas. The contract, originally awarded in Q1 2017, is valued between $500 million and $750 million.

Total Petrochemicals & Refining USA, Borealis AG and NOVA Chemicals closed a joint venture named Bayport Polymers LLC, combining an under-construction ethane steam cracker in Port Arthur, Texas, Total's existing polyethylene facility in Bayport, Texas, and a planned new polyethylene unit.

Borealis and NOVA Chemicals signed a preliminary agreement with Total to form a joint venture to build a 1,000 ktpa ethylene cracker in Port Arthur and a 625 ktpa Borstar PE plant in Bayport, Texas, plus Total's existing Bayport PE facility. Start-up is planned for late 2020.