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NOVA Chemicals’ polyethylene plant located at Joffre has an annual production capacity of approximately 1.2 billion pounds and produces linear low-density polyethylene (‘‘LLDPE’’) from ethylene supplied from EI and EII. The plant utilizes UNIPOLs technology licensed from Union Carbide. (Source)

The company has undertaken significant revamps at the site'site's PE1 polyethylene train, a facility, that was originally started up in 1984. PE 1 features a 670,000 tons/year production capacity of mostly pelleted PE for various applications. (Source)

PE1 started-up in June 1984 using ethylene feedstock produced here on site to produce linear low density polyethylene. The process is based on ‘Unipol’ gas phase technology. (Source)