BP PLC and Indian polyester manufacturer JBF Group have inked a deal for feedstock supply by the UK energy giant to a new manufacturing unit to be built by JBF, as per Dow Jones Newswire. The long-term supply deal is for BP-produced purified terephthalic acid (PTA), which will be used by JBF in the manufacture of polyethylene terephthalate (PET). The new 390,000 tpa facility will be located on BP's existing petrochemical complex in Geel, Belgium adjacent to a BP production site in Belgium. Costs of building the new facility would be borne by JBF.
09-Aug-11 
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