Nova1

Total announced a joint venture with Borealis and Nova1 to build a 1 Mt/y ethane steam cracker in Port Arthur, Texas, and a new 625 kt/y Borstar polyethylene plant in Bayport, Texas. Total will hold a 50% interest. The $1.7 billion cracker is scheduled to start up in 2020 and create about 1,500 jobs during peak construction. CB&I has been awarded the EPC contract.