Article: Basell studies sites for Spherizone PP plant. (Europe/Mideast).(polypropylene)

Basell is studying several sites for a 300,000 m.t.-400,000 m.t./year polypropylene (PP) plant that would be based on the company's new Spherizone process, CW has learned. A decision is likely to be made next year, and the plant should be completed in 2007, says Basell CEO Volker Trautz. Sites under consideration include Berre, France; Carrington, U.K.; Lake Charles, LA; Moerdijk, the Netherlands; Sarnia, ON; and Wesseling, Germany, Trautz says. The unit could also be located at one of Shell's North American refineries, Trautz says. Basell is a 50-50 joint venture of Shell Chemicals and BASE The project is part of Basell's previously announced plan to gradually replace PP ...

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