Chemical plant

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BASF Chemical Plant Portsmouth Site in the West Norfolk area of Portsmouth, Virginia. The plant is served by the Commonwealth Railway.

A Chemical plant is an industrial process plant that manufactures chemicals, usually on a large scale. Petrochemical plants are usually located adacent to an oil refinery to minimize transportation costs for the feedstocks produced by the refinery. Specialty chemical plants are usually much smaller and not as sensitive to location.

A small chemical plant built to provide design and operating information before construction of a large plant is called a pilot plant.

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