Formosa Plastics Still Set to Complete Point Comfort Olefins Project this Year
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Released on Wednesday, April 04, 2018

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Formosa Plastics Still Set to Complete Point Comfort Olefins Project this Year

The U.S. could potentially see 11 billion pounds per year of new ethylene capacity online by the end of the year.

Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Formosa Plastics Corporation USA's (Livingston, New Jersey) is still on track to complete its new Olefins 3 unit in Point Comfort, Texas, by the fourth quarter of this year, bringing 2.65 billion pounds per year of new capacity to the market. The U.S. could potentially see 11 billion pounds per year of new ethylene capacity online by the end of the year.

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