BP to Close U.S.LAO Production Facility

摘要

BP announced that it would close its Linear Alpha Olefin (LAO) production facility in Pasadena,Texas,by the end of 2005.The company will continue the manufacture of linear alpha olefins at its other two facilities in Alberta,Canada and Feluy,Belgium.Closure of the Pasadena site will reduce BP's global linear alpha olefin capacity by 1.1 billion pounds per year.