MOSCOW (MRC) -- TexStar MidStream Services will install two natural gas liquids (NGL) fractionation units adjacent to the LyondellBasell olefins plant in Corpus Christi, Texas, reported Hydrocarbonprocessing with reference to the companies.
The Corpus Christi plant is run by LyondellBasell affiliate Equistar Chemicals.
The fractionation units will be capable of processing a combined 63,000 bpd of NGLs produced from the Eagle Ford shale into ethane, propane, butanes and natural gasoline.
Equistar plans to operate the fractionators for TexStar and said it will provide various utilities to the facility from its adjacent Corpus Christi olefins facility.
In addition, Equistar will purchase ethane and propane produced from the units under a long-term agreement. The NGLs will be used as feedstocks for Equistar's olefins unit to produce ethylene and propylene.
The fractionators will be located on a 40-acre site owned by Equistar and leased to TexStar. Construction will commence in April 2013, with startup projected for late 2013.
As MRC informed previously, LyondellBasell, one of the major petrochemical global producers and the world's largest maker of polypropylene, will raise its ethylene capacity in North America by 18% in coming years through several debottlenecking projects. Locations where ethylene capacity will be expanded include crackers in Corpus Christi, La Porte and Channelview, Texas. The company's ethylene capacity at Corpus Christi will be expanded by 800 million lb/year. The projects are scheduled to be finished in 2014 and 2015.
San Antonio-based TexStar provides a full range of midstream services to its customers including gathering, treating, and processing of natural gas and NGLs.
LyondellBasell Industries NV is a manufacturing company. The Company produces chemicals, fuels, and polymers used for packaging, clean fuels, durable textiles, medical applications, construction materials, and automotive parts. LyondellBasell Industries operates globally and is headquartered in the Netherlands. LyondellBasell is also a leading licensor of polypropylene and polyethylene technologies. The more than 250 polyolefin process licenses granted by LyondellBasell are twice that of any other polyolefin technology licensor.
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