HOUSTON - Total has officially inaugurated production at the company’s new high-purity special fluids facility in Bayport, TX. The ribbon cutting represents the completion of a $100M investment by the global integrated energy producer and leading international oil and gas organization.
Total’s Bayport hydro de-aromatization (HDA) plant, the second in the world and modeled on a similar facility in France, will produce a range of 40 different high-purity special fluids for customer use across a wide spectrum of industries including pharmaceuticals, crop protection, water treatment, printing inks, coatings and cosmetics. With an annual production capacity of 250KT, the Bayport facility will also produce synthetic biodegradable fluids for on- and off-shore drilling.