Exxon Point Comfort Is Quietly Planning A New $8 6 Billion Plastics Plant In Texas

Diane wilson had heard rumors for months that exxon might be coming to point comfort, texas, which sits on the gulf coast south of galveston Calhoun county is already home to formosa’s massive plastics plant in point comfort, which has a history of polluting nearby waterways with plastic pellets She recalls whispers about the global behemoth hiring local electricians and negotiating railroad access

Exxon is quietly planning a new $8.6 billion plastics plant in Texas

Two days before christmas, the first confirmation quietly arrived

An application for tax subsidies to build an $8.6 billion plastics manufacturing.

Called exxonmobil's coastal plain project, it called for construction of a plant in the calhoun county city of point comfort, about 110 miles southwest of houston and across lavaca bay from port lavaca The gears are beginning to turn to get those tax breaks approved. The formosa plastics plant in point comfort, in calhoun county, on march 20, 2019 Exxon mobil wants to build a massive plastics plant nearby

(emree weaver/the texas tribune, emree weaver/the. However, discussions have not yet begun Calhoun county, located along the texas gulf coast, already hosts formosa plastics' massive plant in point comfort, which has faced scrutiny for polluting nearby waterways with plastic pellets Concerns about potential environmental impacts loom, given exxonmobil’s track record.