Georgia-Pacific Chemicals Announces Manufacturing Expansion in Lufkin, Texas

Georgia-Pacific Chemicals announced that it has planned to increase its manufacturing abilities at its facility in Lufkin, Texas. The expansion will amplify the production of resins that are used in oil and gas industry.

The investment helps Georgia-Pacific Chemicals to benefit from the increasing opportunity in the energy sector. The company will be able to support the growing demand for resins that are used to coat proppants. The coated proppants have extra strength and the ability to resist harsh operating environments.

Over the past few years, hydraulic fracturing has seen a major growth and this drives the demand for resins for proppant application. The hydraulic fracturing process enables the extraction of oil and gas from deposits that have been previously impossible. The process increases the production capacity of oil and gas in the U.S.

Georgia-Pacific Chemicals continues to assess additional production expansion apart from the on-going work at the Texas facility. The major objective of the energy industry is to increase the recovery of gas and oil from the U.S. deposits and Georgia-Pacific Chemicals’ current expansion will support in achieving this goal by delivering the required products to its customers.