Chevron Phillips Chemical Breaks Ground On World-Scale 1-Hexene Unit In Old Ocean, Texas
Chevron Phillips Chemical Breaks Ground On World-Scale 1-Hexene Unit In Old Ocean, Texas Chevron Phillips Chemical today broke ground on a new world-scale unit for on-purpose 1-hexene in Old Ocean, Texas, near its Sweeny facility. With a capacity of 266 KTA, the new asset grows the company’s total U.S. 1-hexene capacity to 650 KTA at a time of rising customer demand. 1-hexene is central to manufacturing high-performance plastic products. The project will harness Chevron Phillips Chemical’s proprietary, on-purpose 1-hexene technology, which produces exceptional purity comonomer grade 1-hex...