Thirumalai Chemicals’ US subsidiary aims to commission Phase I of its West Virginia petrochemical plant in Q4 2025
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Thirumalai Chemicals’ US subsidiary aims to commission Phase I of its West Virginia petrochemical plant in Q4 2025

The plant will produce over 40,000 tons per annum maleic anhydride from local butane

  • By ICN Bureau | February 01, 2025

TCL Specialties USA (TCL USA), a fully owned subsidiary of Thirumalai Chemicals Ltd India (TCL India), is progressing ahead on its petrochemical and fine chemicals/food ingredients plants being built in West Virginia, USA.  The site is located within an existing complex at New Martinsville, WV. 

According to the company, Phase I of the investment is in an advanced stage of construction, and is budgeted around US$ 200 million. These facilities include a petrochemical plant designed to produce over 40,000 tons/yr (90 million lbs/yr plus) of maleic anhydride from local butane; and also, a Food Ingredients/fine chemicals plant that will initially produce 30,000 tons/yr (66 million lbs/yr). 

TCL India provides its latest patented hi-efficiency, low investment technology along with the design, engineering & construction management for this project. A major part of the project is modular plants built by TCL Technology & Engineering (TCL-TE), a division of TCL India, which specializes in the design, supply and construction of ‘ready to startup’ modular process plants and skids. 

Full integration of the 2 units of the plants enables the facility to produce and use 90% of the Energy needed (power and steam) from waste heat, reducing emissions significantly.  Engineering, US site acquisition and supplies were initially delayed by the pandemic and the impact of the Ukraine war and Middle East Crisis. 

As of January 2025, over 99% of the assembly and construction of the plant modules at TCL-TE has been completed. Shipments of fully assembled modules began in June 2024 and will be fully completed by late February/Early March 2025. Construction and Installation at the US site have been ongoing since early 2024, with final testing/pre- commissioning expected to begin in Q3 2025.  

The site is a fully equipped ‘Plug and Play’ facility providing TCL with roads, fire protection systems, electric power, water, and various services including full waste water treatment, security, medical & emergency, on-site rail siding and an ocean connected barge port. These features significantly reduce investment and operating costs.

The plants are fully automated to provide a high level of safety, quality and cost efficiency. These new facilities will enable TCL to serve the large and growing markets for safe input for snacks, foods, beverages, health drinks, as well as for lightweight composites in mobility, energy, infrastructure, transport; and for biodegradable packaging, paper, water treatment etc., and for a whole range of specialty and high value products.

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