Clariant acquires chemical storage facility in Louisiana

Clariant Oil Services, a world leader in specialty chemicals, announces the acquisition of a chemical storage and packaging facility in Broussard, Louisiana. The transaction includes key personnel, laboratory, production, and storage facilities for supplying the Offshore Shelf, Deep Water, and Louisiana/Texas Gulf Coast land based markets.

"Combined with our existing blending facility in Reserve, Louisiana, Clariant's new Broussard facility significantly expands our capacity to serve the customers in the Region" says Doug Hayes, Global Head of Clariant Oil Services. "The facility specializes in Deep Water product filtration and repackaging. The facility's fully equipped Analytical and QC laboratories add to Clariant's already extensive local, regional, and global laboratory service capabilities."

The Broussard facility includes a 2000 ft² analytical laboratory, 1800 ft² quality control laboratory, and 400 000 gal. total chemical storage.

Hayes concludes, "This latest acquisition is just one more example of our growing commitment to serving customers in the Louisiana and Texas markets."

Adapted from a press release by David Bizley

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