U.S. BRIEFS

TEXACO CHEMICAL CO. let contract to M.W. Kellogg Co. for engineering and equipment and materials for a 400 million lb/year propylene oxide (PO) unit and associated methyl tertiary butyl ether expansion at its Port Neches, Tex., petrochemical complex (OGJ June 24, p. 34). Propylene feedstock for PO production will come from other Texaco plants at Port Neches and Port Arthur, Tex. Tertiary butyl alcohol and methanol will feed an integrated process increasing MTBE capacity to 19,500 b/d from