Texas petrochemical complex heads for full production

Journal Article · Mon May 12 00:00:00 EDT 1980 · Oil Gas J.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6159730

American Hoechst Corp.'s new 330 acre, $180 million Bayport, Tex., complex includes a 900 million lb/yr styrene plant which was started up in the spring of 1980, and a 220 million lb/yr high-density polyethylene (HDPE) unit, which was engineered by Hoechst A.G. and will start production in Sept. 1980. Project planning began in 1977, and construction of the HDPE plant, which faced stiff environmental opposition, started in May 1978. Many American companies have expressed interest in Hoechst's low-temperature, low-pressure advanced Ziegler-catalyst process for manufacturing HDPE (the process is not licensed). The new unit will be the largest HDPE single-train unit built to date; Hoechst is the world's largest HDPE producer. The ethylbenzene plant associated with the styrene plant is the first commercial-sized unit to use the Mobil/Badger gas-phase process. The styrene line will use the Cosden/Union Carbide/Badger process, which is already used at American Hoechst's Baton Rouge plant. HDPE marketing and Bayport complex pollution control are discussed.

• OSTI ID: 6159730
• Journal Information: Oil Gas J.; (United States), Vol. 78:19
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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