{"id":16423,"date":"2022-11-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-20T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/axg-contracting.ap.applyflow.com\/new-us8-dot-5-billion-integrated-polymers-facility-in-texas-set-to-create-5000-new-jobs\/"},"modified":"2023-09-28T13:10:42","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T05:10:42","slug":"new-us8-dot-5-billion-integrated-polymers-facility-in-texas-set-to-create-5000-new-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.axgcontracting.com\/new-us8-dot-5-billion-integrated-polymers-facility-in-texas-set-to-create-5000-new-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"New US$8.5 billion integrated polymers facility in Texas set to create 5,000 new jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"blog-body clearfix\">Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC and QatarEnergy have announced that they are proceeding with the construction of an $8.5 billion integrated polymers facility in Orange, Texas. The project is expected to create more than 500 full-time jobs and approximately 4,500 construction jobs and generate an estimated $50 billion for the community in residual economic impacts.The project is targeting to have approximately 25% lower greenhouse gas emissions than similar facilities in the United States and Europe, supporting the joint venture\u2019s efforts to help enable a lower carbon future. Chevron Phillips Chemical will manage engineering, procurement and construction for the project and operate the facility after start-up.<\/p>\n<p>The plant, expected to begin operations in 2026, will include a 2,080 KTA ethane cracker and two 1,000 KTA high-density polyethylene units. Construction of the Golden Triangle Polymers plant will start immediately near Chevron Phillips Chemical\u2019s existing facility in Orange, located 113 miles east of Houston.<\/p>\n<p>For more on upcoming opportunities, workforce solutions or industry trends, please <a href=\"\/our-global-team\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ee684e;\">connect with our AXG team <\/span><\/a>today!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ea5a0a;\"><a style=\"color: #ea5a0a;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cpchem.com\/media-events\/news\/news-release\/chevron-phillips-chemical-and-qatarenergy-construct-integrated\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to read full article<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h6>\u200b<\/h6>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC and QatarEnergy have announced that they are proceeding with the construction of an $8.5 billion integrated polymers facility in Orange, Texas. The project is expected to create more than 500 full-time jobs and approximately 4,500 construction jobs and generate an estimated $50 billion for the community in residual economic impacts.The&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","footnotes":""},"categories":[60,45],"tags":[95,98],"class_list":["post-16423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-news","category-natural-resources","tag-industry-news","tag-natural-resources"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.axgcontracting.com\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.axgcontracting.com\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.axgcontracting.com\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.axgcontracting.com\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.axgcontracting.com\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16423"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.axgcontracting.com\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17141,"href":"https:\/\/www.axgcontracting.com\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16423\/revisions\/17141"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.axgcontracting.com\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/16424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.axgcontracting.com\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.axgcontracting.com\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.axgcontracting.com\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}