History
Our History
Here is a brief history of our business purchases and achievements
INEOS OLIGOMERS ADDED PRODUCTION TRAIN TO MANUFACTURE HIGH VISCOSITY PAO AT LAPORTE, TEXAS
WHITING, INDIANA POLYBUTENE PLANT CLOSED
INEOS Oligomers is formed
INEOS acquires the INNOVENE business and product lines
The Pasadena LAO Plant is closed
BP acquires the remaining interest in ERDÖLCHEMIE
Lavéra PIB Plant is developed to produce a full range of Polybutene products including H-6000 and H-18000. Grangemouth and Texas City PIB Plants are closed
BP Chemical opens a 250,000 tonne LAO Plant in Joffre, Alberta, Canada
Amoco expands the Feluy, Belgium LAO Plant to 300,000 tonnes per annum
BP merges with Amoco
After a series of de-bottlenecks in previous years, BP's Lavéra Polybutene Plant is further de-bottlenecked to 80,000 tonnes per annum
Ethyl/Albemarle sells LAO and PAO business to Amoco Chemical
Durasyn brand name created to replace Ethyflo as the product name for Polyalphaolefins
Erdölchemie starts the production of Cyclopentane in Köln
Ethyl builds 200,000 tonne LAO Plant and 35,000 tonnes PAO Plant in Feluy, Belgium
Ethyl purchases Quantum Chemicals' La Porte, Texas PAO Plant
Construction of a new Isoamylene Plant started in Köln, Germany
Ethyl's Pasadena LAO Plant capacity is expanded to 431,000 tonnes. Ethyl enters a toll agreement with Quantum Chemical for production of PAO from Ethyl's Decene
The Whiting Polybutene unit with a capacity of 75,000 tonnes per annum is started at Amoco's Oil Refinery in Indiana
Ethyl adds 110,000 tonnes LAO capacity to the Pasadena LAO Plant
Ethyl adds 90,000 tonnes of Alpha Olefin production to its primary Alcohols Complex in Pasadena, Texas, licensing Ziegler Technology
BP Chemicals Polybutene unit at Grangemouth is commissioned
Amoco's (formerly Standard Oil of Indiana) Texas City Polybutene unit begins operation with initial capacity of 77,000 tonnes per annum
Polybutene Plant at Lavéra, France is commissioned by Naphtachimie, with an initial capacity of 5,000 tonnes per annum
DIB unit in Köln begins under the Erdölchemie venture (Bayer/ Deutsche BP)
Standard Oil of Indiana builds the Wood River No1 Polybutene unit to produce synthetic lubricants under the Indopol trade name