TotalEnergies & Borealis 50:50 joint venture Bayport Polymers has started commercial operations of a new ethane cracker with an annual production capacity of one million tons of ethylene. This almost USD 2 billion project built on the site of and operated by the TotalEnergies Refinery in Port Arthur in Texas, represents 14 million hours worked with more than 2,500 workers at peak construction. The ethylene produced by the cracker will be used as feedstock to supply Baystar's existing polyethylene units, as well as a new Borstar technology polyethylene unit currently under construction in Bayport in Texas. The under-construction 625,000 metric ton-per-year PE unit in Bayport, using the Borealis proprietary Borstar technology to deliver a broad range of products to help meet the growing global demand for plastic products.
TotalEnergies & Borealis 50:50 joint venture Bayport Polymers has started commercial operations of a new ethane cracker with an annual production capacity of one million tons of ethylene. This almost USD 2 billion project built on the site of and operated by the TotalEnergies Refinery in Port Arthur in Texas, represents 14 million hours worked with more than 2,500 workers at peak construction. The ethylene produced by the cracker will be used as feedstock to supply Baystar's existing polyethylene units, as well as a new Borstar technology polyethylene unit currently under construction in Bayport in Texas. The under-construction 625,000 metric ton-per-year PE unit in Bayport, using the Borealis proprietary Borstar technology to deliver a broad range of products to help meet the growing global demand for plastic products.
