Sasol announced that its Lake Charles Chemicals Project ethoxylates (ETO) unit reached beneficial operations on 30 January 2020. The ETO unit is the fourth of the seven Lake Charles Chemicals Project (LCCP) facilities to come online. The unit, which has a nameplate capacity of 100,000 tons per year, uses a combination of technologies from Sasol and HH Technology Corporation. The ethoxylation unit is part of Sasol's ethylene oxide value chain and adds to capacity to the company's Performance Chemicals product volumes already produced and sold on both a regional and global scale. Ethoxylates are used in a wide range of applications including detergents and other cleaners, personal care, agrochemicals, paints and coatings, plastics additives, oil field, and textile auxiliaries.