New LDPE unit in Louisiana reaches full run / Petrochemicals profile on US Gulf Coast lifted

摘要

The new LDPE plant at Plaquemine, Louisiana / USA started up by DowDuPont (Midland, Michigan / USA; www.dow-dupont.com) earlier this year has now reached full run, chief financial officer, Howard Ungerleider, said. The facility, which according to PIE's Polyglobe database (www.polyglobe.net) will produce 350,000 t/y of the group's "Agility" brand resin, is one of 14 new petrochemical units already in operation on the US Gulf coast or due to be commissioned by US- and foreign-based global players over the next year and a half. From 2020, these will be complemented by eight new shale gas-derived ethane crackers.