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Released September 08, 2025 | SUGAR LAND
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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--As ongoing tariff and trade issues roil demand patterns in the global Chemical Processing Industry, U.S. producers are preparing for maintenance on some of their busiest units, particularly for industrial inorganic chemicals such as sulfuric and hydrochloric acid. Industrial Info is tracking about 90 maintenance-related projects at petrochemical plants across the U.S. that are set to kick off in the fourth quarter, with about 60% of the investment attributed to projects in Texas.
Click on the image at right for a graph detailing the top 10 parent companies for maintenance-related projects in the U.S. Chemical Processing Industry slated to kick off from October through December.
Indorama Ventures (Bangkok, Thailand) leads all other companies in its total investment in fourth-quarter maintenance, courtesy of a single turnaround on a F-5 Area PO/MTBE unit at its complex in Port Neches, Texas. The unit, which produces roughly 525 million tons per year of propylene oxide (PO) and 17,000 barrels per day (BBL/d) of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE), also is being readied for capital upgrades and replacements on its tanks and processing equipment that are estimated to be performed on the same schedule.
Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Chemical Processing Plant and Project databases can learn more about Indorama's work on its Port Neches plant, including related components and specific investment values, from a plant profile and detailed reports on the turnaround and capital upgrades.
Dow Incorporated (Midland, Michigan) accounts for more individual fourth-quarter maintenance kickoffs than any other company, trailing only Indorama in its total related investment. All but one of these seven projects are in Texas, and three are at its specialty chemical complex in Deer Park, Texas:
Jeffrey Tate, the chief financial officer of Dow, noted in a recent quarterly earnings-related conference call that heavier-than-normal planned maintenance activity is proving to be a headwind in the current quarter, but the trend would "start to tail off in fourth quarter." Tate also said Dow's companywide turnaround schedule had been influenced by the startup of new units at some facilities.
Westlake Chemical (Houston, Texas) trails only Dow in its total number of maintenance turnarounds set to begin in the fourth quarter, including two at its Louisiana facilities: a vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) unit at its South Plant in Lake Charles, which has a capacity of 1.15 million pounds per year, and a series of ethylene dichloride (EDC) furnaces at its vinyls complex in Geismar. Subscribers can read detailed reports on the Lake Charles and Geismar projects.
EDC is used primarily in the production of VCM. Starting in the second quarter, Westlake has been ramping up VCM capacity at its Geismar site, with production expected to show significant improvement by the end of the current quarter.
Formosa Plastics Group (Livingston, New Jersey) is preparing for five turnarounds at its plastics complex in Point Comfort, Texas, before the end of the year, including its linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) trains 1 and 2, which have a total capacity of 877 million pounds per year. Subscribers can learn more from a detailed project report and plant profile.
Subscribers to Industrial Info's GMI Project and Plant databases can click here for a full list of detailed reports for projects mentioned in this article, and click here for a full list of related plant profiles.
Subscribers can click here for a full list of reports for maintenance-related projects at petrochemical plants across the U.S. that are set to begin in the fourth quarter.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR) is the leading provider of industrial market intelligence. Since 1983, IIR has provided comprehensive research, news and analysis on the industrial process, manufacturing and energy related industries. IIR's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) platform helps companies identify and pursue trends across multiple markets with access to real, qualified and validated plant and project opportunities. Across the world, IIR is tracking more than 200,000 current and future projects worth $17.8 trillion (USD).
Click on the image at right for a graph detailing the top 10 parent companies for maintenance-related projects in the U.S. Chemical Processing Industry slated to kick off from October through December.Indorama Ventures (Bangkok, Thailand) leads all other companies in its total investment in fourth-quarter maintenance, courtesy of a single turnaround on a F-5 Area PO/MTBE unit at its complex in Port Neches, Texas. The unit, which produces roughly 525 million tons per year of propylene oxide (PO) and 17,000 barrels per day (BBL/d) of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE), also is being readied for capital upgrades and replacements on its tanks and processing equipment that are estimated to be performed on the same schedule.
Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Chemical Processing Plant and Project databases can learn more about Indorama's work on its Port Neches plant, including related components and specific investment values, from a plant profile and detailed reports on the turnaround and capital upgrades.
Dow Incorporated (Midland, Michigan) accounts for more individual fourth-quarter maintenance kickoffs than any other company, trailing only Indorama in its total related investment. All but one of these seven projects are in Texas, and three are at its specialty chemical complex in Deer Park, Texas:
- the sulfuric acid area, which comprises three production units; see project report
- a series of acrylates units, which have a combined capacity of 850 million pounds per year; see project report
- a cyanide unit; see project report
Jeffrey Tate, the chief financial officer of Dow, noted in a recent quarterly earnings-related conference call that heavier-than-normal planned maintenance activity is proving to be a headwind in the current quarter, but the trend would "start to tail off in fourth quarter." Tate also said Dow's companywide turnaround schedule had been influenced by the startup of new units at some facilities.
Westlake Chemical (Houston, Texas) trails only Dow in its total number of maintenance turnarounds set to begin in the fourth quarter, including two at its Louisiana facilities: a vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) unit at its South Plant in Lake Charles, which has a capacity of 1.15 million pounds per year, and a series of ethylene dichloride (EDC) furnaces at its vinyls complex in Geismar. Subscribers can read detailed reports on the Lake Charles and Geismar projects.
EDC is used primarily in the production of VCM. Starting in the second quarter, Westlake has been ramping up VCM capacity at its Geismar site, with production expected to show significant improvement by the end of the current quarter.
Formosa Plastics Group (Livingston, New Jersey) is preparing for five turnarounds at its plastics complex in Point Comfort, Texas, before the end of the year, including its linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) trains 1 and 2, which have a total capacity of 877 million pounds per year. Subscribers can learn more from a detailed project report and plant profile.
Subscribers to Industrial Info's GMI Project and Plant databases can click here for a full list of detailed reports for projects mentioned in this article, and click here for a full list of related plant profiles.
Subscribers can click here for a full list of reports for maintenance-related projects at petrochemical plants across the U.S. that are set to begin in the fourth quarter.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR) is the leading provider of industrial market intelligence. Since 1983, IIR has provided comprehensive research, news and analysis on the industrial process, manufacturing and energy related industries. IIR's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) platform helps companies identify and pursue trends across multiple markets with access to real, qualified and validated plant and project opportunities. Across the world, IIR is tracking more than 200,000 current and future projects worth $17.8 trillion (USD).
