29 August 2016
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Indorama Ventures’ majority-owned Lake Charles,
Louisiana, U.S.A. gas cracker that will produce
ethylene from shale gas
has received an air permit
from U.S. authorites,
signifying an important step forward in
maintaining the plant’s startup schedule.
The air permit, which is the main environmental permit
required by the company in order to proceed with
refurbishment of the cracker, allows
the project to commence the repair
and construction activities
at the site a month ahead of the original target date.
Ethylene from the cracker will feed
the production of
MEG (monoethylene glycol),
which is used to make
PET (polyethylene terephthalate).
When complete, Indorama Ventures
will become the most vertically integrated
PET producer in North America.
The project received
a water permit
in June that allows
the facility to discharge liquid effluent
through its waste-water treatment plant.
The project has also completed
de-bottlenecking-related engineering and
has ordered all its major long-lead-time equipment.
Mechanical completion is expected
in the third quarter of 2017 on schedule,
followed by
commissioning and startup
in the fourth quarter of 2017.
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