Enterprise Products Partners L.P. has announced plans to construct a new isobutane dehydrogenation (iBDH) unit in Mont Belvieu, Texas that will have the capability to produce 425,000 tpy of isobutylene.
The project is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2019. The isobutylene produced by the plant will provide the necessary feedstock to fill underutilised capacity at Enterprise’s existing downstream octane enhancement and petrochemical facilities.
The new iBDH plant will increase Enterprise’s production of both high purity and low purity isobutylene to be used primarily as feedstock to manufacture lubricants, rubber products and alkylate for gasoline blendstock, as well as methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) for export.