Name of the Project
Golden Triangle Polymers plant.

Location
Orange, in Texas, US.

Project Owner/s
Golden Triangle Polymers Company, a joint venture between Chevron Phillips Chemical Company (51%) and QatarEnergy (49%).

Project Description
The project entails the construction of an integrated polymers facility and will include a 2.08-million-tonnes-a-year ethane cracker and two one-million-tonnes-a-year high-density polyethylene units. The project is targeting greenhouse-gas emissions that are about 25% lower than those of similar facilities in the US and Europe.

Potential Job Creation
The project is expected to create more than 500 full-time jobs and about 4 500 construction jobs.

Capital Expenditure
$8.5-billion.

Planned Start/End Date
The plant is expected to start operations in 2026.

Latest Developments
None stated.

Key Contracts, Suppliers and Consultants
Chevron Phillips Chemical (manage the engineering, procurement and construction, and opera­tions of the facility after startup); ZDJV, a joint venture between Zachry Industrial Inc and DL USA (engineering, procurement and construction of the polyethylene units); T.EN Stone & Weber Process Technology (furnace of the ethane cracker engineering and procurement); PCL Industrial Construction Co (construction services); JKJV, a joint venture between JGC America and Kiewit Energy Group (engineering, procurement and construction for the additional portions of the ethane cracker); BMZ Third Coast Partners, a joint venture between Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company and Zachry Industrial (utilities and infrastructure scope of work); Emerson Process Management and WT Byler Co (management of heavy civil work for the entire site); and WT Byler Co (engineering, procurement and construction of a rail and storage-in-transit yard)..

Contact Details for Project Information
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, tel +1 832 813 4100.