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Released June 07, 2017 | SUGAR LAND
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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--In Chambers County, Texas, Industrial Info is tracking 14 projects worth $2.6 billion that are either finishing up or kicking off construction in the second-half of 2017, with the Oil & Gas Production Industry taking the lion's share of overall project spending.
Second-Half Project Completions
Enterprise Products Partners LP (NYSE:EPD) (Houston, Texas) is expected to complete a large propane dehydrogenation (PDH) unit addition at Mont Belvieu. Enterprise Products is installing two Rolls-Royce RB211 turbines and supporting equipment, plus area utilities in the unit addition, which will produce 1.65 billion pounds per year of propylene, utilizing 35,000 barrels per day (BBL/d) of propane as feedstock. The project kicked off in May 2014, with completion expected by this mid-August. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report, and May 3, 2017, article - Enterprise Accelerates Projects to Keep Up With Increased Permian Basin Output.
ExxonMobil Chemical (Mont Belvieu), a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) (Irving, Texas), is expected to put the finishing touches on polyethylene unit additions at its Mont Belvieu plastics plant. As part of its North American Growth (NAG) project, the company is building two polyethylene units (one linear low-density and one high-density) with a combined capacity of 2.86 billion pounds per year, using feedstock from the related ethylene unit addition planned at ExxonMobil's plant in Baytown, Texas. The project began construction in April 2014, with completion expected by this mid-October. For more information, see Industrial Information's project report, and May 2, 2012, article - ExxonMobil Readies for Gulf Coast Startups.
The Petroleum Refining Industry is also seeing noteworthy completions in the last six months of this year. TopSail Energy LP (The Woodlands, Texas) building a $75 million used oil-processing facility in Baytown. On 44-acre site, the company is constructing a 125,000-gallon-per-day used oil re-refinery to recycle and re-purpose used motor oil into marketable feedstocks, fuels and additives. Dana Industrial (La Porte, Texas) is a contractor. The project kicked off in November 2016, with completion expected this July. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.
Second-Half Construction Starts
JSW Steel USA (Baytown) will begin construction on a $50 million in additions at a steel mill in Baytown, as part of a three-phase project. The company will install a new descaling system that will use high-pressure water systems and a hot leveler to improve performance and reduce operating and maintenance costs. Phase II includes installation of a 2-inch shearing line to replace two obsolete shearing lines; Phase III includes installation of a new cooling bed. Phase I will kick off in July, with completion expected in late September. For more information, see Industrial Info's project reports Phase I, Phase II and Phase III.
The Oil & Gas Pipelines Industry will see a significant amount of kick-off activity in Chambers County.
Enterprise Products Partners is performing detailed design for a $50 million ethylene pipeline and ethylene storage cavern conversion at the Mont Belvieu NGL (natural gas liquids) Fractionator Complex in Mont Belvieu. The company will install a 24-mile, 12-inch diameter ethylene pipeline from Mont Belvieu to Bayport, through Enterprise's Morgan's Point ethane export terminal. It will convert a cavern to store 5.3 million barrels of ethylene and inject/withdraw ethylene at a rate of 2,000 barrels per hour (BPH), expandable to 4,000 BPH. The project will kick off this September, with completion expected by mid-March 2018. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report, and January 31, 2017, article - Enterprise Products CEO: 'Worst Part of the Cycle Is Behind Us'.
Gulf Coast Fractionators, a subsidiary of ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) (Houston, Texas), is performing a market analysis for a $75 million NGL fractionator train #3 addition in Mont Belvieu. At an existing site with an approximate natural gas fractionation capacity of 145,000 BBL/d, the company plans to construct a new train, and install processing equipment to increase NGL fractionation capacity by 45,000 BBL/d, to bring the total site capacity to 190,000 BBL/d. Construction is expected to begin in October, with completion expected by mid-November 2018. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.
Enterprise Products, with Optimized Process Designs LLC (Katy, Texas) as the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) provider, and Honeywell UOP Russel LLC (Tulsa, Oklahoma) as technology provider, is expected to turn dirt on $1 billion iso-butane dehydrogenation (IBDH) unit addition in Mont Belvieu. At a 17-acre site, next to the PDH unit that is under construction, the unit will produce 425,000 metric tons per year of isobutylene. Construction is expected to begin in December, with completion expected by mid-December 2019. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.
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Second-Half Project Completions
Enterprise Products Partners LP (NYSE:EPD) (Houston, Texas) is expected to complete a large propane dehydrogenation (PDH) unit addition at Mont Belvieu. Enterprise Products is installing two Rolls-Royce RB211 turbines and supporting equipment, plus area utilities in the unit addition, which will produce 1.65 billion pounds per year of propylene, utilizing 35,000 barrels per day (BBL/d) of propane as feedstock. The project kicked off in May 2014, with completion expected by this mid-August. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report, and May 3, 2017, article - Enterprise Accelerates Projects to Keep Up With Increased Permian Basin Output.
ExxonMobil Chemical (Mont Belvieu), a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) (Irving, Texas), is expected to put the finishing touches on polyethylene unit additions at its Mont Belvieu plastics plant. As part of its North American Growth (NAG) project, the company is building two polyethylene units (one linear low-density and one high-density) with a combined capacity of 2.86 billion pounds per year, using feedstock from the related ethylene unit addition planned at ExxonMobil's plant in Baytown, Texas. The project began construction in April 2014, with completion expected by this mid-October. For more information, see Industrial Information's project report, and May 2, 2012, article - ExxonMobil Readies for Gulf Coast Startups.
The Petroleum Refining Industry is also seeing noteworthy completions in the last six months of this year. TopSail Energy LP (The Woodlands, Texas) building a $75 million used oil-processing facility in Baytown. On 44-acre site, the company is constructing a 125,000-gallon-per-day used oil re-refinery to recycle and re-purpose used motor oil into marketable feedstocks, fuels and additives. Dana Industrial (La Porte, Texas) is a contractor. The project kicked off in November 2016, with completion expected this July. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.
Second-Half Construction Starts
JSW Steel USA (Baytown) will begin construction on a $50 million in additions at a steel mill in Baytown, as part of a three-phase project. The company will install a new descaling system that will use high-pressure water systems and a hot leveler to improve performance and reduce operating and maintenance costs. Phase II includes installation of a 2-inch shearing line to replace two obsolete shearing lines; Phase III includes installation of a new cooling bed. Phase I will kick off in July, with completion expected in late September. For more information, see Industrial Info's project reports Phase I, Phase II and Phase III.
The Oil & Gas Pipelines Industry will see a significant amount of kick-off activity in Chambers County.
Enterprise Products Partners is performing detailed design for a $50 million ethylene pipeline and ethylene storage cavern conversion at the Mont Belvieu NGL (natural gas liquids) Fractionator Complex in Mont Belvieu. The company will install a 24-mile, 12-inch diameter ethylene pipeline from Mont Belvieu to Bayport, through Enterprise's Morgan's Point ethane export terminal. It will convert a cavern to store 5.3 million barrels of ethylene and inject/withdraw ethylene at a rate of 2,000 barrels per hour (BPH), expandable to 4,000 BPH. The project will kick off this September, with completion expected by mid-March 2018. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report, and January 31, 2017, article - Enterprise Products CEO: 'Worst Part of the Cycle Is Behind Us'.
Gulf Coast Fractionators, a subsidiary of ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) (Houston, Texas), is performing a market analysis for a $75 million NGL fractionator train #3 addition in Mont Belvieu. At an existing site with an approximate natural gas fractionation capacity of 145,000 BBL/d, the company plans to construct a new train, and install processing equipment to increase NGL fractionation capacity by 45,000 BBL/d, to bring the total site capacity to 190,000 BBL/d. Construction is expected to begin in October, with completion expected by mid-November 2018. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.
Enterprise Products, with Optimized Process Designs LLC (Katy, Texas) as the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) provider, and Honeywell UOP Russel LLC (Tulsa, Oklahoma) as technology provider, is expected to turn dirt on $1 billion iso-butane dehydrogenation (IBDH) unit addition in Mont Belvieu. At a 17-acre site, next to the PDH unit that is under construction, the unit will produce 425,000 metric tons per year of isobutylene. Construction is expected to begin in December, with completion expected by mid-December 2019. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR), with global headquarters in Sugar Land, Texas, five offices in North America and 10 international offices, is the leading provider of global market intelligence specializing in the industrial process, heavy manufacturing and energy markets. Industrial Info's quality-assurance philosophy, the Living Forward Reporting Principle, provides up-to-the-minute intelligence on what's happening now, while constantly keeping track of future opportunities. Follow IIR on: Facebook - Twitter - LinkedIn. For more information on our coverage, send inquiries to info@industrialinfo.com or visit us online at
