Victoria Plastics Complex, Texas

A petrochemical plant with several companies operating on site, south of the town of Victoria, 120 miles southwest of Houston. The Victoria Plastics Complex is connected to the Gulf, 30 miles away, by the Victoria Barge Canal, an artificial channel connecting the plant to the bay behind Matagorda Island, near Seadrift. On site are Equistar/Lyondell, producing high-density polyethylene plastic resins, and Invista, who manufacture nylon intermediates. At one time DuPont also operated a facility at the site, until the plant was sold to Koch Industries, Inc., in 2004.