Seadrift Coke Plans Hydrotreater Addition at Port Lavaca Needle Coke Facility

SUGAR LAND--August 8, 2008--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Seadrift Coke LP (Port Lavaca, Texas) is moving forward with plans to spend more than $70 million on a sulfur reduction project at its 180,000-ton-per-year needle coking facility. The implementation of this project will allow the purchase of lower-cost, high-sulfur feedstock, reducing feedstock costs and the final sulfur content of its coke.