Compañía MEGA is a joint venture in Argentina that provides essential hydrocarbon feedstocks to Dow’s Bahia Blanca site. Natural gas is supplied to MEGA from the Neuquen area, separated into liquid components at Loma de la Lata, and then pumped through a 600 km pipeline to supply to the Bahia Blanca site, which produces ethylene and polyethylene.
| Formed: | 1997 |
| Ownership: |
Repsol YPF 38%; Petrobras 34%; The Dow Chemical Company 28% |
| Headquarters Location: | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Production Facilities: | Loma de la Lata (Neuquen province) and Bahia Blanca (Buenos Aires province), Argentina |
| Products: | Ethane, propane, butane, natural gas condensate |
| Product Applications: | Feedstock for production of polymers |
For more information, visit the Compañía MEGA Web site (in Spanish).
