Beaumont, TX Plant: Progress Update
Our newest facility is strategically located and further ensures reliable supply through redundant manufacturing capabilities.
Phase 1
- Scope: Purchase land & establish a rail distribution terminal
- Status: Complete and operational
Phase 2
- Scope: Infrastructure development for NGL processing facility
- Status: In progress
- Expected completion: Q4 2023
Phase 3
- Scope: NGL processing
- Status: In progress
- Expected completion:
- Commissioning of processing systems to begin Q1 2024.
- Full-scale product online by Q2 2024.
Infrastructure Development for NGL Processing Facility
Scheduled for completion in Q4 2023
Scope includes:
- Site preparation (civil).
- Installation of a large-scale facility fire protection system designed to supply 11,000 gpm of fire water supplied from a six (6) million-gallon on-site reservoir.
- Utilities: Electrical, water, internet, and combustible gas detection systems.
- Installation of overhead pipe racks and bridges to support bulk storage and processing areas.
- Pilings and concrete foundations for processing equipment in the process areas.
- Bulk storage for raw materials and processed products. Six (6) 90,000-gallon tanks for R290 (propane) refrigerant production and five (5) 40,000-gallon tanks for R601a (isopentane) refrigerant production and Y-grade NGL products.
- Process facility buildings including motor control center (MCC), operator process control room, and plant laboratory.
NGL Processing
Commissioning of processing systems to begin Q1 2024 | Full-scale product online by Q2 2024
Scope includes:
- Design and installation of all necessary NGL processing equipment to produce high-purity NGL refrigerants including R290, R601a, and other light hydrocarbon refrigerant products to serve our Gulf Coast LNG customer base.
- This phase includes a large scale 2-tower high purity NGL fractionation system, process heater, molecular sieve processing towers, and mercury removal units (MRUs).