Louisiana Plant

Address

Geismar, LA
70734
United States of America

Latitude: 30.1215991973877

Longitude: -91.0121002197266

Notes

A new company, SynFuel Inc., Baton Rouge, has picked Louisiana's Ascension Parish for the site of a proposed $5-billion plant to produce feedstocks for the state's chemical industry by gasifying the region's abundant lignite. http://enr.construction.com/news/powerIndus/archives/060703a.asp China Petroleum and Chemical Corp is major funder. http://www.siteselection.com/features/2006/sep/energy/pg02.htm

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Distance (miles)	0	2.5	5	10	25
American Indian	0.1%		0.1%	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	1.2%	0.2%	0.4%	0.6%	2.8%
Black	27.7%	73.9%	61.3%	55.6%	27.0%
Hispanic	4.5%	2.9%	4.0%	6.1%	7.6%
White	64.2%	21.0%	32.6%	35.7%	59.4%
	59.4%
Population	2,531	5,182	12k	32k	368k
Income	$93k			$82k	$74k

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Name	Relation	Ownership
Synfuel Inc	Owner	0%

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Unit Type: Burner: Gasification

Status History

Proposed

6-15-2006

Fuels and Products

Lignite Coal

20000000 Tons Per Year

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