NOVA Chemicals Sarnia Petrochemical Complex

Summary Information

• Ownership: Nova Chemicals
• Website: https://www.novachem.com/
• Location: Corunna, Sarnia, Ontario

Raw Materials Supply

• Ethane is delivered to site from the Marcellus Shale Basin via the Genesis Pipeline Extension from the Mariner West NGL Pipeline and from the Utica Shale Basin via NOVA Chemical’s own Kimball Pipeline.

Products Produced

• Ethylene and co-products including propylene, butadiene and benzene.
• Low-density and high-density polyethylene resins

Projects

• The AST2 project is ramping up. It will have a production capacity of approximately one billion pounds of polyethylene per year

Other Information

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History

• 1977 - Plant commissioned
• 1988 - NOVA Chemicals acquired the site
• 2022 - The AST2 complex reached mechanical completion

Links

1. Site web page
2. NOVA Chemicals Reaches Mechanical Completion of Growth Projects in Ontario