28 February 2019
ABOUT BAYPORT POLYMERS LLC (BAYSTAR)
DETAILS
Bayport Polymers LLC (Baystar™),
the 50/50 joint venture owned by
Total Petrochemicals & Refining USA, Inc. (TPRI) and
Novealis Holdings LLC -
itself a joint venture co-owned by
NOVA Chemicals Inc. (“NOVA Chemicals”) -
held its official groundbreaking ceremony
for the construction of
a new 625,000 metric ton-per-year
Borstar® polyethylene unit at its production site
in Pasadena, Texas,
with an anticipated start-up in 2021.
The state-of-the-art Borstar technology,
which will be used in North America for the first time,
will allow Baystar to produce
enhanced polyethylene products
for the most demanding applications.
Approximately 1,750 jobs will be created
during the peak engineering and construction activity.
Baystar is also building
a one-million-ton per year steam cracker
in Port Arthur, Texas.
The new cracker will process ethane,
which is abundantly available and
competitively priced in the U.S.,
and will supply feedstock
for its existing 400,000-ton-per-year polyethylene units
as well as
the new Borstar® polyethylene unit in Pasadena.
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Baystar President
Diane Chamberlain
“This new Borstar unit will more than double
the site’s capacity and allow Baystar to provide
our North American customers
with a greater range of high-value-added
and resource-efficient products,”
“The Port Arthur cracker and the new Borstar unit
are tangible evidence of the power of partnership
between Total, Borealis and NOVA Chemicals.”
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Speaking at the ceremony,
the three joint venture partners commented:
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Christophe Gerondeau,
President and Chief Executive Officer,
Total Petrochemicals & Refining USA
“With the ethane cracker project in Port Arthur
now well underway, it is exciting to be here today
with our partners Borealis and NOVA Chemicals
to start the construction of
“These two projects are a perfect example of
Total’s strategy to expand in petrochemicals
where we can leverage cost-advantaged feedstock
and capitalize on our integrated platforms
such as Port Arthur.”
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Borealis CEO
Alfred Stern
“Borealis is very pleased to be bringing
our third-generation Borstar technology
to the North American market for the first time,”
“Baystar will profit from this superior technology,
but also from our success in
developing and sustaining ambitious joint ventures
on a global scale.
We are also glad to have found partners
who share our commitment
to safety at all levels of operations.”
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NOVA Chemicals CEO,
“It’s exciting to be here today as Bayport Polymers
celebrates this next milestone.
We look forward to having
Borstar technology available in North America,
which allows us to better serve our customers
with innovative products that
help make everyday life healthier, easier and safer,”
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Total and NOVA Chemicals are founding members of
the Alliance to End Plastic Waste,
an alliance of nearly 30 companies
from the plastics and consumer goods value chain
committed to advance solutions
to help end plastic waste in the environment,
especially in the ocean.
Borealis is a founding member of Project STOP,
an initiative that aims to eliminate
the leakage of plastics into the environment.
* * * * * For further information please contact:
Baystar™
- Gary Cambre, Communications, Baystar™ / Bayport Polymers LLC
- Gary.cambre@baystar.com
Total
- Media Relations: Tricia Fuller, Communications Director, Total American Services
- Tricia.Fuller@Total.com
Borealis
- Media Relations: Virginia Mesicek, External Communications Manager
- Virginia.Mesicek@borealisgroup.com
NOVA Chemicals
- Media Relations: Jennifer Nanz, Director, Communications
- Jennifer.Nanz@Novachem.com
- Investors Relations: Patty Masry, Leader,
Financial Reporting & Investor Relations
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