September 09, 2008 05:00 ET

Acrylonitrile Producers Prepare for Year of Turnarounds and Increased Capacity in 2009, an Industrial Info News Alert

SUGAR LAND, TX--(Marketwire - September 9, 2008) - Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- INEOS Americas LLC and its nitriles business group expect to begin operation of a fourth acrylonitrile reactor at the Green Lake chemical plant in Port Lavaca, Texas, early next year. This new reactor will add to the plant's nearly 1 billion pounds of existing acrylonitrile capacity currently in operation at the site. Engineering and procurement have been completed by SNC-Lavalin GDS Incorporated (Houston, Texas), a subsidiary of SNC-Lavalin Group Incorporated (TSX:SNC).

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