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History

Here is a brief history of our business purchases and achievements

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  1. 2019

    INEOS Oligomers opens a 420,000 tonnes LAO plant in Alvin, Texas, USA

  2. 2017

    INEOS Oligomers Added Production Train to Manufacture High Viscosity Pao at Laporte, Texas

  3. 2012

    Whiting, Indiana Polybutene Plant Closed

  4. 2010

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    INEOS Oligomers expands its PAO Plant to 120,000 tonnes in Feluy

  5. 2006

    INEOS Oligomers is formed

  6. 2005

    INEOS acquires the INNOVENE business and product lines

    The Pasadena LAO Plant is closed

  7. 2001

    BP acquires the remaining interest in ERDÖLCHEMIE

  8. 2000

    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

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    BP Chemical opens a 250,000 tonne LAO Plant in Joffre, Alberta, Canada

  9. 1999

    Amoco expands the Feluy, Belgium LAO Plant to 300,000 tonnes per annum

    BP merges with Amoco

  10. 1997

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    After a series of de-bottlenecks in previous years, BP's Lavéra Polybutene Plant is further de-bottlenecked to 80,000 tonnes per annum

  11. 1996

    Ethyl/Albemarle sells LAO and PAO business to Amoco Chemical

  12. 1994

    Durasyn brand name created to replace Ethyflo as the product name for Polyalphaolefins

  13. 1993

    Erdölchemie starts the production of Cyclopentane in Köln

  14. 1992

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    Ethyl builds 200,000 tonne LAO Plant and 35,000 tonnes PAO Plant in Feluy, Belgium

  15. 1990

    Ethyl purchases Quantum Chemicals' La Porte, Texas PAO Plant

  16. 1989

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    Construction of a new Isoamylene Plant started in Köln, Germany

  17. 1987

    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

  18. 1983

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    The Whiting Polybutene unit with a capacity of 75,000 tonnes per annum is started at Amoco's Oil Refinery in Indiana

  19. 1976

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    Ethyl adds 110,000 tonnes LAO capacity to the Pasadena LAO Plant

  20. 1971

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    Ethyl adds 90,000 tonnes of Alpha Olefin production to its primary Alcohols Complex in Pasadena, Texas, licensing Ziegler Technology

  21. 1969

    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

  22. 1962

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    Polybutene Plant at Lavéra, France is commissioned by Naphtachimie, with an initial capacity of 5,000 tonnes per annum

  23. 1961

    DIB unit in Köln begins under the Erdölchemie venture (Bayer/ Deutsche BP)

  24. 1943

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    Standard Oil of Indiana builds the Wood River No1 Polybutene unit to produce synthetic lubricants under the Indopol trade name