United States. BASF said it continues to make progress in its plans to build a global methane-to-propylene complex on the Gulf Coast. The company has selected Freeport, Texas, as the potential site. It will use Lurgi MegaMethanol proprietary (MTP) technologies and air Liquide's methanol-to-propylene.
BASF has contracted Air Liquide to provide basic engineering services for this gas-to-propylene complex. The plant is expected to have an annual production capacity of approximately 475,000 tons of propylene. This project would be BASF's largest single-plant investment to date, and is subject to final approval in 2016 by BASF's Board of Executive Directors.
The Freeport headquarters was founded in 1958 as BASF's first manufacturing plant outside Europe. With more than 800 full-time employees, this headquarters is one of two Verbund BASF sites in North America and uses propylene in its manufacturing processes.
