Project Profile
Value: US$ 6 billion worth of products per year
Location: Alvin, Texas, USA
Capacity: 1.792m tonnes/year of ethylene
Area: 2,400-acres
Start-up Year: 1973
The 2,400-acre Chocolate Bayou Chemicals Complex is located 45 miles south of Houston near the Gulf of Mexico. The plant manufactures two main product lines - olefins and polypropylene - and ships product by rail, roadway, pipeline and barge. The complex is home to the second largest hydrocarbons cracker in the U.S. The Chocolate Bayou facility includes two polypropylene units - the most recent of which was added early in 1999 - and two olefins units. The complex employs more than 350 full-time employees as well and produces more than six billion pounds of product per year. In 2002 the Chocolate Bayou PP1 unit was decommissioned and a Hobbs C02 treating system was brought online. Further on in 2006 the operator the decommissioned the PP2 unit at the complex. Ineos Olefins & Polymers USA is the operator of the project with 100% interest.
Operators:
Ineos Olefins & Polymers USA: 100% interest
Main Contractors:
KBR: In the 1970s provided technology and engineering, procurement & construction services for BP’s Olefins Plants No. 1 and No.
KBR: 2002 – 2005: Provided its SCORE™ ethylene technology and engineering, procurement & construction services for a major expansion of the olefins site at Chocolate Bayou.
KBR: 2012 – 2014: Designed and constructed a 218-225 KTA SCORE™ Gas Cracking Furnace that will provide the highest achievable ethylene yields in the industry. The furnace is essentially a duplicate of the existing SCORE™ furnaces rated for 219 KTA installed in No. 1 Olefins Plant at Chocolate Bayou from 2002 – 2005. The executed agreements with INEOS include provision of a technology license, engineering, procurement, supply of equipment and materials, and construction of the furnace.
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc: Design and build a linear alpha olefin (LAO) unit.
- Engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services for the 420,000-tonne/year unit. (September, 2016)
Subcontractors: