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P603131 - Chemical and Specialty Chemical, Oil and Gas, Petrochemical

Plant Types: Chemical and Specialty Chemical, Oil and Gas, Petrochemical

DISTILLATION PLANT

AVAILABLE FOR SALE OR LEASE

Well-maintained distillation and distribution facility with robust process equipment capabilities, utilities, and infrastructure strategically located between the Houston and Beaumont-Port Arthur-Orange, Texas Petrochemical Corridors.

SITE OVERVIEW

~4.5 ACRES TRUCK LOADING LOCATION EXTENSIVE EQUIPMENT
Total site area with core processing on just over 1.5 acres Tank truck loading / unloading facilities on site Winnie, Texas Jefferson County Gulf Coast Industrial Corridor Columns, heat exchangers, boilers, fired heaters, tanks, and supporting utilities.

FACILITY HIGHLIGHTS

FLEXIBLE DISTILLATION CAPABILITIES

Robust distillation assets to cover a variety of dedicated or toll process requirements.

WELL MAINTAINED

Owned and operated by a major multinational chemical manufacturer until 2026. Formerly used to manufacture specialty phenolics (meta- and para-cresol).

EXTENSIVE EQUIPMENT

Columns, heat exchangers, boilers, fired heaters, tanks, and supporting utilities.

STRATEGIC LOCATION

Situated in the Gulf Coast chemical corridor with excellent logistics and access to markets.

PROPERTY MAP LABELS

  • Tract I — 1.805 Acres
  • Tract II — .483 Acre
  • Tract III — 1.805 Acres
  • Tract IV — 0.56 Acre

MAJOR EQUIPMENT INVENTORY

The following is a complete inventory of the major process equipment included in this Winnie, Texas facility.

DISTILLATION & PROCESS COLUMNS

EQUIPMENT TYPE SIZE (DIA x HEIGHT) MAWP MOC MANUFACTURER
Chamber Feed #1 (South) 48" x 49' 7.5" 206 psig @ 380°F CS Merichem Co
Chamber Feed #2 (North) 48" x 49' 7.5" 206 psig @ 380°F CS Merichem Co
Extract Column 48" x 74' 3.5" 220 psig @ 500°F CS Fabuleco
Meta Clean-Up Column 2' 6" x 42' (40' T/T) 139 psig @ 575°F CS / 316SS Trays Offenhouser Co.
Para Clean-Up / Debut Column 2' 6" x 49' 6" 75 psig @ 320°F 304 SS / 316SS Trays Souder Crown Tech
Primary Column 30" x 48' (40' T/T) 50 psig @ 600°F CS / 316SS Trays Wyatt Industries Inc.
Secondary Column 24" x 41' 8" 50 psig @ 600°F CS / 316SS Trays Wyatt Industries Inc.

HEAT EXCHANGERS & COOLERS

EQUIPMENT TYPE SIZE / SURFACE AREA SHELL / TUBE MAWP MOC
Meta Pot Cooler — Shell & Tube Shell: 150 psig @ 650°F 
Tube: 300 psig @ 650°F
CS
C-350-40-A/B Feed Preheater 52 sq ft Bare Tube Shell: 300 psig @ 650°F 
Tube: 500 psig @ 700°F
CS / CS
V-350-P Reboiler 263 sq ft CEU / EJ Shell: 300 psig @ 700°F 
Tube: 100 psig @ 575°F
CS
V-350-P Reboiler 277 sq ft AEM Shell: 300 psig @ 725°F 
Tube: 100 psig @ 150°F
CS / 304SS
V-350-P Feed Preheater 40 sq ft (2 x 20 sq ft) Shell & Tube Shell: 300 psig @ 650°F 
Tube: 300 psig @ 650°F
CS
C-350-40-A/B Circuit Heater #2 — Circuit Heater Shell: 500 psig @ 650°F 
Tube: 300 psig @ 650°F
CS
C-350-40-A/B Circuit Heater #1 — Circuit Heater Shell: 500 psig @ 650°F 
Tube: 300 psig @ 650°F
CS
Flare West Condenser — Shell & Tube Shell: 150 psig @ 650°F 
Tube: 300 psig @ 650°F
CS
Feed Dryer Gas Cooler — Shell & Tube Shell: 150 psig @ 650°F 
Tube: 300 psig @ 650°F
CS
Dryer Gas Heater 20 sq ft Shell & Tube Shell: 150 psig @ 650°F 
Tube: 300 psig @ 650°F
CS
Chamber Sample Cooler — Shell & Tube Shell: 150 psig @ 650°F 
Tube: 300 psig @ 650°F
CS
C-350-41 Reboiler 1,087 sq ft AEM / EJ Shell: 300 psig @ 750°F 
Tube: 120 psig @ 400°F
CS / 316SS
COH Cooler 225 sq ft Shell & Tube Shell: 300 psig @ 600°F 
Tube: 100 psig @ 175°F
CS / 304SS
Methanol Condenser 80 sq ft Shell & Tube Shell: 100 psig @ 300°F 
Tube: 100 psig @ 160°F
CS

FIRED HEATERS

EQUIPMENT TYPE DUTY FUEL MOC MANUFACTURER
Circuit Heater #2 Fired Heater Gas CS —
Circuit Heater #1 Fired Heater Gas CS —
Feed Preheater (2 in Series) Fired Heater Gas CS Brown Fintube Co.
Dryer Gas Heater Fired Heater Gas CS —

BOILERS

EQUIPMENT TYPE CAPACITY / DUTY MAWP MOC MANUFACTURER
Scotblow Units Boiler — 150 psig CS York Shipley
B-710 Boiler – SN 14896 26,825 lbs/hr 150 psig CS Victory Energy Ops.

MAJOR EQUIPMENT INVENTORY

The following is a complete inventory of the major process equipment included in this Winnie, Texas facility.

HEAT EXCHANGERS & COOLERS (CONTINUED)

EQUIPMENT TYPE SIZE / SURFACE AREA SHELL / TUBE MAWP MOC
Feed Preheater 92 sq ft Shell & Tube Shell: 20 psig @ 300°F 
Channel: 100 psig @ 100°F
CS
Methanol Heater 105 sq ft Shell & Tube Shell: 30 psig @ 300°F 
Channel: 300 psig @ 750°F
CS / 304SS
Condenser 80 sq ft Shell & Tube Shell: 30 psig @ 300°F 
Channel: 75 psig @ 100°F
CS
Condenser 112 sq ft Shell & Tube Shell: 75 psig @ 300°F 
Channel: 75 psig @ 100°F
CS
Condenser 152 sq ft Shell & Tube Shell: 75 psig @ 300°F 
Channel: 75 psig @ 100°F
CS
Condenser 315 sq ft Shell & Tube Shell: 75 psig @ 100°F 
Channel: 75 psig @ 100°F
CS

COMPRESSORS

EQUIPMENT TYPE CAPACITY MAWP MODEL MOC MANUFACTURER
Air Compressor SN API 1795910 229.8 acfm 197 psig ZT45 CS Atlas Copco

FILTERS

EQUIPMENT TYPE EQUIPMENT TYPE SIZE / CAPACITY MAWP MOC
Bag Filter DuoDrum NT Type 2,270 Gallon 150 psig CS
Bag Filter — — 100 psig CS
Bag Filter Combined Quadtech Receivers 1,800 Gallon 100 psig CS

AIR RECEIVER

EQUIPMENT TYPE SIZE / CAPACITY MAWP MOC
Air Receiver 360 Gallon 200 psig CS

STORAGE TANKS

EQUIPMENT TYPE CAPACITY ORIENTATION SIZE (DIA x LENGTH/HEIGHT) MAWP MOC
Meth. Storage Tank 10,000 Gallon Horizontal 7' DIA x 31' L 50 psig @ 150°F CS
Meth. Storage Tank 10,000 Gallon Horizontal 7' DIA x 31' L 50 psig @ 150°F CS
Feed Storage Tank 13,000 Gallon Horizontal 8' DIA x 38' L 50 psig @ 150°F CS
Feed Storage Tank 28 13,000 Gallon Horizontal 8' DIA x 38' L 50 psig @ 150°F CS
Para Storage Tank 102,700 Gallon Horizontal 12' DIA x 47' L 50 psig @ 200°F CS
Pura Storage Tank 102,700 Gallon Horizontal 12' DIA x 47' L 50 psig @ 200°F CS
Column Bottoms Blowdown Tank 15,000 Gallon Vertical 24' DIA x 23' H — CS
Cooling Water Return Blowdown Tank 15,000 Gallon Vertical 24' DIA x 23' H — CS
Waste Water Blowdown Tank 2,000 Gallon Vertical +21" IHC @ 200°F — CS
Para Hold Tank 2,000 Gallon Vertical +21" IHC @ 200°F — CS

P603056 - Petrochemical - Butadiene Plant, High Density Polyethylene (HDPE), Linear Low Density Polyethylene (LLDPE), Polypropylene (PP), Butane Toluene Xylene (BTX), Aromatics

Plant Types: Petrochemical

Subtypes: Butadiene Plant, High Density Polyethylene (HDPE), Linear Low Density Polyethylene (LLDPE), Polypropylene (PP), Butane Toluene Xylene (BTX), Aromatics

Capacity: 1mm+ tons per year

Raw Materials: Ethylene, Propylene, Butane, Pygas

For Sale: Fully-Integrated Petrochemical Complex With Naphtha Cracker – Operate in Place or Relocate for Rapid Market Entry

A rare opportunity is now available to acquire a fully integrated petrochemical complex in Southeast Asia, designed for high-volume production of olefins and downstream polymers. This strategically located asset includes a world-scale naphtha cracker, aromatics production, and polymer plants—allowing buyers to enter or expand within the polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) markets with remarkable speed and significantly reduced capital cost.

A Strategic Advantage for Buyers With Long Naphtha Positions

For companies holding long naphtha feedstock positions or seeking immediate entry into ethylene, propylene, and polyethylene production, this facility offers a fast-track route to revenue generation:

  • Avoid the 5–7 year greenfield timeline for permitting, design, EPC, fabrication, and commissioning.
  • Instead, achieve operational capacity within ~36 months through a managed relocation project—or sooner by operating the site in place.
  • Secure market position and cash flow far faster than competitors pursuing new-build construction.

Core Production Capabilities – World-Scale Naphtha Cracker & Aromatics

Segment Capacity (t/yr)
Ethylene 480,000
Propylene 240,000
Butadiene 70,000
Benzene 90,000
Toluene 50,000
Mixed Xylenes 30,000

This complex efficiently converts naphtha into high-value light olefins and aromatics, creating a competitive platform for polymer production and downstream chemicals.


Downstream Polymer Plants – Integrated and Self-Sustaining

Polymer Plant Capacity (t/yr)
Polypropylene (PP) 300,000
Linear Low-Density PE (LLDPE) 160,000
High-Density PE (HDPE) 160,000
New PE Plant (commissioned ~July/Aug 2024, closing Feb 2025) 250,000
Total PE Capacity 570,000

Integrated Value Chain

The site is engineered to consume its own ethylene and propylene, feeding 570 kt of polyethylene and 300 kt of polypropylene—minimizing dependence on external feedstock and maximizing operating efficiency.


Why This Petrochemical Complex Delivers Unmatched Strategic Value

Turnkey Infrastructure – Start Producing Fast

Unlike a greenfield build that requires years of permitting, engineering, construction, utilities development, workforce building, and commissioning—this asset already exists, operates, and is proven.

Ideal for Buyers With Existing Market Demand

Producers supplying Asia-Pacific, India, Middle East, or export PE/PP global trade lanes can rapidly scale output and capture demand in fast-growing regions.

Exceptional Relocation Candidate

The site can be dismantled and relocated to your home country or industrial platform, preserving:

  • Steelwork
  • Major rotating equipment
  • Static pressure vessels
  • Reactors
  • Heat-exchangers
  • Utilities package
  • Control system architecture (where applicable)

A relocation project can be:

  • Completed within ~3 years
  • At 40–60% of new-build total installed cost
  • With dramatically reduced execution risk

Immediate Competitive Edge

Speed-to-market matters—this acquisition allows:

  • Faster polymer sales & revenue
  • Earlier market share capture
  • Stronger feedstock optimization for integrated naphtha-based companies
  • Lower global carbon footprint vs new-build construction

Contact to Explore Acquisition, Partnership, or Relocation Options

Confidential discussions are now open for:

  • Full site acquisition & plant operation
  • Strategic partnerships or JV for continued operation
  • Relocation to buyer’s existing petrochemical hub

P603031 - Chemical and Specialty Chemical, Petrochemical - Formaldehyde Plant

Plant Types: Chemical and Specialty Chemical, Petrochemical

Subtypes: Formaldehyde Plant

Capacity: 105mm lbs/yr at 40%-45% (capable of 37-51%)

Raw Materials: Methanol, Oxygen

Formaldehyde Plant (Reichhold Design using metal oxide catalyst).

Available for operation in-place (Allentown, PA USA) or relocation globally.

Process Description:

The Formaldehyde plant (P501) is designed to produce formaldehyde by the catalytic conversion of methanol and oxygen controlled recycle gas. Formaldehyde is produced by the direct oxidation of methanol from the Methanol Storage Tank and Piping (P502). Emissions from the methanol storage tank and piping, during truck unloading, are captured by the Methanol Vapor Recovery System (C502). Emissions not captured by the vapor recovery system are fugitive emissions (Z550). The catalytic conversion reaction is carried out with the aid of a catalyst, which consists of molybdenum and iron oxides. The process gas is passed through the catalyst, contained in a multiple tube unit called the converter. It both heats the air-methanol mixture to the reaction temperature in the upper part of the catalyst tube and removes the heat of the reaction in the lower part. The formalin gases, which leave the converter, are cooled in an after-cooler where low-pressure steam is produced. The cooled gases enter an absorber where the formaldehyde is absorbed into water to produce up to a 53.0% Formaldehyde solution. In order to reach desired production rates, it is necessary to operate the plant under recycle conditions. Part of the gas mixture leaving the absorber stack is returned to a recycle tank where it is mixed with fresh air, at a controlled rate, to maintain oxygen content of 10 — 10.5% by volume. The remaining unused gas mixture goes to the Natural Gas fired (FML541) Catalytic Oxidizer (C501) where it is preheated and oxidized, in the presence of a catalyst, to harmless byproducts. These byproducts are released to the atmosphere through the Formaldehyde Incinerator Stack (5501).

Notes: Shut down in 2024. Documentation is incomplete.

P221670 - Petrochemical - Toluene

Plant Types: Petrochemical

Subtypes: Toluene

Capacity: separate and purify up to 18 mt/hr of toluene

This all stainless steel, dual-column distillation system was designed by Sabic to separate and purify up to 18 mt/hr of toluene from a complex mixture including isomers, Bisphenol-A, and water.  The system consists of a feed tank, vaporizer, pre-flash vessel, upper column, lower column, two column reboilers, and two overhead condensers with vacuum jets.

Subsystem from Complete Bisphenol A (BPA) Plant, IPP Stock #600363

P601610 - Petrochemical - Methanol Plant

Plant Types: Petrochemical

Subtypes: Methanol Plant

Capacity: 275 TPD (82,500 TPY)

Raw Materials: Natural Gas, Carbon DiOxide (CO2)

Process Description


The natural gas feedstock is first preheated and de‐sulphurized (382°C/25bar), absorption is carried out over Zinc oxide granules, and then reacted with steam to produce a reformed gas/steam mixture at 860°C temperature and 21 bar pressure.

The reforming reaction is basically the reaction between a hydrocarbon and steam to produce carbon  monoxide and hydrogen. In the presence of excess steam these basic products are modified to produce quantities of carbon dioxide and methane, giving a reformed gas consisting of methane, carbon  dioxide, carbon monoxide and hydrogen.

The reformed gas/steam mixture is then cooled, separated from process condensate and passed into the make‐up gas compressor where the gas is compressed (36°C /17bar) to a high pressure (113°C/49bar)  to be injected into the methanol synthesis loop.

With Carbon Dioxide Additions, the external supply of carbon dioxide is mixed with the high pressure gases from the make‐up gas compressor before injection into the synthesis loop.

Synthesis gases are circulated at high flow rates through a methanol synthesis catalyst held at moderate temperatures (135°C/52bar) where hydrogen reacts with carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide to produce gaseous methanol.

Cooling of the circulated gas condenses crude liquid methanol which is bled from the system and sent to crude storage. The remaining gases are then replenished with make‐up gas before entering the synthesis gas circulator to pass round the loop again.

Inert gases (methane) present in the reformed gas accumulate in the loop and are bled from the system to be burnt as fuel.

The crude methanol contains small concentrations of other organic chemicals synthesized in the methanol converter.

The crude product is then taken from storage, fractionated in two distillation columns and the pure methanol passed to purified product storage tanks.

P600710 - Petrochemical - Hydrogenation Plant

Plant Types: Petrochemical

Subtypes: Hydrogenation Plant

Capacity: 3100 Gallon (12M3)

3100 Gallon (12 M3), 25 bar Buss Loop Hydrogenation Reactor System

12 m³ 1.4439 SS Hydrogenation Reactor system, BUSS LOOP reactor, -1/25 bar@ 200 ° C, max operating pressure 16 bar@ 105°C . Gebr. Quast/Gothe KG, SN # 2603 total volume 13.143 l. System includes a 114 m² 1.4439 SS heat exchanger , -1/25 bar internal, jkt -1/6 bar @ 200°C, manuf. Gessner Apparatebau GmbH /Germany, volume 870 l pipes, 1.139 l shell, dia 700 mm, 5 m length , connected to AW 413 double jacket pipe, 1.4571 SS 10 bar@ 120°C, 5 l both sides; a 30,6 m² 1.4571 SS Vicarb plate heat exchanger , 8 bar@110°C, 70 l each side, SN # D 3660; and a 995 l 1.4571 SS pressure tank -1/26 bar @ 200°C, used as Hydrogen buffer tank, manufactured By Weisstaler, SN 38644.

P1068 - Petrochemical - Ethylbenzene Plant, Styrene Monomer

Plant Types: Petrochemical

Subtypes: Ethylbenzene Plant, Styrene Monomer

Capacity: 610 ktpa EB, 530 ktpa SM

Raw Materials: Ethylene

Ethylbenzene (EB) Plant

The EB-plant converts Ethylene and Benzene into Ethylbenzene through a catalytic reaction (Badger vapor phase technology). The nameplate capacity is 610 kt/yr. EB production.

Styrene Monomer (SM) Plant

The Styrene plant consists of 2 sections; a Cracking section (EB is in two catalyst filled reactors converted with steam in to Styrene Monomer and Hydrogen (Dehydrogenation). The process operated at high temperatures.

The second unit (Finishing section) purifies the SM an recycles unused EB to the feed of the cracking section.

The nameplate capacity of 530 kt/yr. SM production

P1062 - Petrochemical, Polymers - Fibres and Plastics - Bi-Oriented Polypropylene Film (BOPP)

Plant Types: Petrochemical, Polymers - Fibres and Plastics

Subtypes: Bi-Oriented Polypropylene Film (BOPP)

Capacity: 90 ktpa BOPP

Raw Materials: Isotactic Polypropylene

  1. Bi-oriented polypropylene film (BOPP) has been used for decades in the flexible packaging industry. It is widely appreciated for its low cost, excellent optical and mechanical characteristics, and its outstanding gas barrier property (particularly to water vapor). The film thickness ranges from 15 to 60 micron, and is composed of at least three layers: the middle layer is the thickest and contributes almost exclusively to the mechanical properties; the two outer layers lend various properties to the film (i.e. heat-sealing properties). Depending on what the final application the film is intended for, additives may be added, in order to fully meet the application requirements. 1. Raw material feeding system The main raw material, in the central layer, is the isotactic Polypropylene, a semi-crystalline and thermoplastic material. Whereas, for the outer layers, ethylene-propylene and/or ethylene-butane-propylene copolymers are used. These materials are introduced inside the extruders by a hopper system.
  2. Extrusion - Inside the extruders, the materials are melted and brought to 200-230°C and then conveyed through the extrusion head, where they emerge in the form of foil.
  3. The foil cooling - The foil is then placed in direct contact with a cooled cylinder and immersed in a water bath to quench the melt.
  4. Machine direction orientation (MDO) - The film then passes over a series of rollers, which increase the temperature and prearrange it to stretch longitudinally (machine direction). The stretching is achieved by passing the foil between the rollers that run at increasing speeds. As a rule, the foil is stretched up to five times the initial length and, at this stage the polymer chains are aligned. This stage allows the enhancing of the film's mechanical properties, also, the thickness is reduced up to five times. After stretching, the film is heated once again in order to neutralize the stress accumulated during the stretching (annealing phase).
  5. Transverse direction orientation (TDO) - Once out of the longitudinal stretching zone, the film is gripped on both edges by a fast-moving chain of metal jaws (tenter clips). In the tenter, the film goes into an oven, where its temperature rises before being stretched transversely by the diverging rails (i.e. stretching in transverse direction up to 9 times its original width). At this stage, the macromolecules align, this time in transverse direction, enhancing the film mechanical properties and reducing the thickness up to 9 times. Following the stretching stage, the chain and the film converge , so that the film neutralizes the stress accumulated during the stretching (annealing phase).
  6. Thickness measurement and flame treatment The film reaches a new processing stage where it takes the automatic measurement of the thickness (along the entire width). Afterwards, one of the faces is subject to the flame or corona treatment to make the film suitable for the following conversion activities, namely, modifying the surface, that is intended to anchor materials such as ink (printing process), adhesive (lamination process), or metal (metallization process).
  7. Reel winding - The film is wrapped around a reel and is slit according to the requested dimensions.