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Arab And World Developments
project will add 227,000 tons/year to its current ethane-based ethylene
capacity. Furthermore, the company announced it will expand the La
Porte steam cracker by 855,000 tons/year with projected completion in
2014.
Chevron Phillips Company has announced that it is studying
whether to build an $5 billion ethylene plant on the US Gulf Coast,
near Houston that would begin operations in 2017.
INEOS Olefins & Polymers has announced that it will expand
ethylene production capacity of its Chocolate Bayou complex east of
Houston to add an extra 115,000 tons/year of its existing capacity of
1.792 million tons/year. The company also plans to build a 500,000
tons/year ethylene oxide and derivatives plant and it would select a
location later on.
In another development, Shell has announced a plan for building
a petrochemical complex northwest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The
project includes an ethylene cracker, polyethylene and mono ethylene
glycol units.
Williams Olefins has awarded CB&I, Houston, a $300 million
contract for a petrochemical plant expansion project in Geismar,
La. The expansion will increase plant capacity to 885,000 tons/year
from 613,000 tons/year and it will be completed by third quarter
2013.
Dow Chemical Company announced a plan for investing $1.7
billion to build a 1.5 million-tons/year ethylene cracker at its existing
Freeport petrochemical complex, Tex. The project is scheduled to
start production in 2017.
ExxonMobil Corporation has also announced a plan for a major
expansion at its Baytown, Tex., east of Houston. The project, which
