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Among the key Equipment installed at the La Porte, Texas Complex of LyondellBasell are Two Reactors, the heaviest of which is a Gas Phase Reactor weighing more than 500 tons. The Second Reactor, a 200-foot-tall Multi-Zone Circulating Reactor (MZCR), is exclusively designed for the Hyperzone PE Technology. Teams have also safely installed a 146-foot-tall Flushing Silo for ensuring Polymer Particles are dry prior to extruding them into Pellets.^[1]

LyondellBasell today announced its proprietary Hyperzone polyethylene (PE) plant in La Porte, Texas has achieved full-scale production utilizing the company’s new technology. The plant is capable of producing 1.1 billion pounds (500,000 metric tons) of HDPE and will more than double annual PE capacity at the La Porte Complex to 2 billion pounds (900,000 metric tons).^[2]

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1. LyondellBasell News, 5^th Nov 2018, Progress continues at LyondellBasell’s history making plant in La Porte
2. 9pm.co, Nick, 24^th Jul 2021, LyondellBasell Achieves Industry First with Hyperzone Polyethylene Plant