Chevron Phillips Chemical zeros in on Orange, Texas for next cracker

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Chevron Phillips Chemical (CPChem) is leaning toward Orange, Texas as the site for its next ethane-based steam cracker, the company tells CW. “At this point in time, Orange, Texas, is a fnalist undergoing due diligence for a new petrochemical investment if we make a fnal investment decision to proceed. However, the location is only one of the alternatives we are considering along the US Gulf Coast. It would simply be premature to say that Orange is defnitively where we would put a new petrochemical facility if we decide to build one,” the company says. The company currently operates two high-density polyethylene (PE) units at an existing site in Orange, which is about 120 miles east of Houston, Texas.