11 December 2014
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Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP (Chevron Phillips Chemical)
announced completion of an ethylene expansion
at its Sweeny complex in Old Ocean, Texas.
With the addition of a tenth furnace to ethylene unit 33
at the Sweeny complex, the expansion is expected to increase
annual production by 200 million pounds.
Construction on the expansion began in 2013.
The Sweeny complex is
one of the world’s largest single-site ethylene facilities
and is now capable of producing
roughly 12 million pounds of ethylene per day,
or 4.3 billion pounds annually.
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