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Chevron Phillips Chemical (CPChem) has received approval from its board of directors and obtained an environmental permit from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to expand normal alpha olefins (NAO) production capacity at its Cedar Bayou plant in Baytown, Texas by 100,000 t/y. Completion is expected by July, 2015. Houston, Texas-based S&B Engineers and Constructors has the engineering, procurement and construction contract for the project that will use CP Chem's proprietary NAO technology.

Source: CHEMManager, 3^rd Jul 2014, Chevron Phillips to Expand Texas Alpha Olefins Unit.