Ineos to Expand High Viscosity PAO Facility in the USA

Polyalphaolefins Ineos to Expand High Viscosity PAO Facility in the USA

2022-06-30 Source: Press release Ahlam Rais

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After starting up the world’s largest single train Low Viscosity Polyalphaolefin (LV PAO) plant in the USA recently, the company is now planning to expand its High Viscosity PAO facility within the same region.

The increased capacity of the HV PAO plant will meet the significant demand for wind turbines and other industrial applications.(Source: Ineos) — The increased capacity of the HV PAO plant will meet the significant demand for wind turbines and other industrial applications.
(Source: Ineos)

London/UK – Ineos Oligomers has recently announced a phased 50 % expansion of its Laporte, Texas, High Viscosity (HV) PAO unit, fully effective by mid-2025.

The unit was initially built with a nameplate capacity of 20,000 tons per annum but was engineered to allow efficient expansion to support anticipated sales growth. It was debottlenecked a first-time last year to reach 25 ktpa and will expand again to almost 40 ktpa.

The unit’s production is based on a metallocene High Viscosity PAO technology.

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In comparison to conventional materials, these decene-based metallocene products have a number of superior attributes such as: higher viscosity indices, lower pour points, higher shear stability and lower Brookfield viscosities.

The increased capacity of the HV PAO plant will meet the significant demand for wind turbines and other industrial applications.

Peter Steylaerts, Business Director Ineos Oligomers said, “To date, the business has been a great success story for us, given the strong demand for wind turbines and other industrial applications. Customers like the options our products give them in the development of advanced new lubricant formulations.”

This is the second significant announcement from Ineos Oligomers, which recently started up its new 120,000 ton per annum Low Viscosity Polyalphaolefin (LV PAO) unit at Chocolate Bayou, Texas, USA.

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