Construction is Complete On New Gulf Coast Ethylene Plant in Texas, in an Advisory by Industrialinfo.com.

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HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 11, 2001

The following is an advisory by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources, Inc; Houston, Texas). BASF BASF Bar Association of San Francisco (since 1872; San Francisco, California)
BASF Badische Anilin und Soda Fabrik (German chemical products company)
BASF Builders Association of South Florida Fina Petrochemicals LP has completed mechanical construction and is now in the commissioning phase of a new steam cracker in Port Arthur, Texas Port Arthur is a city in Jefferson County within the Beaumont-Port Arthur metropolitan area and is situated in southeast Texas. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, the city had a total population of 57,755. that will produce 920,000 metric tons per year ethylene and 550,000 metric tons per year propylene propylene /pro·pyl·ene/ (pro´pi-len) a gaseous hydrocarbon, CH3CHdbondCH2.

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Noun 1. ABB - an urban hit squad and guerrilla group of the Communist Party in the Philippines; formed in the 1980s Lummus Global was the turn-key contractor for the project and HB Zachary Company performed construction management. Construction for the new plant began in 1998 and commercial operation could start by November 2001.

This new plant is the result of a 60:40 joint venture of BASF AG (NYSE NYSE

See: New York Stock Exchange :BF) (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and AtoFina Chemicals Incorporated, the chemical branch of TotalFinaElf (NYSE:TOT) (Courbevoie, France). The new cracker will provide AtoFina with its first captive source of ethylene in North America and supply BASF plants in Freeport, Texas and Geismar, Louisiana as well as other North American sites. BASF will operate the facility that is expected to have a full-time staff of 157 employees.

For more information on trends and upcoming construction activities in the Chemical and Pharmaceutical industry as well as other industrial sectors send inquiries to chemicalsgroup@industrialinfo.com or visit us at www.industrialinfo.com.

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