Koura St. Gabriel Plant (Mexichem Fluor)
Large load · 4990B ICI ROAD, Saint Gabriel, LA
Mexichem Fluor, Inc., part of Orbia’s Koura business, owns and operates a facility at 4990B Ici Road in St. Gabriel, Louisiana, that manufactures hydrofluorocarbon HC-134a. Entergy provides electricity to the facility, whose on-site transformer would be upgraded from 10 MVA to 20 MVA for a proposed lithium hexafluorophosphate project. The proposed project is estimated to use 31,407,998 kWh/yr of electricity.
Overview
Mexichem currently owns and operates a facility that manufactures hydrofluorocarbon (HC-134a), referred to as the KLEA unit, and a transloading and blending facility within its 155-acre tract of land at 4990B Ici Road in St. Gabriel, Louisiana. Koura’s St. Gabriel facility has been in operation since 1991 and currently produces R-134a refrigerant.
Profile
- Electricity and grid
- Entergy provides electricity to the current facility, and an upgrade will be required to provide electricity to the proposed project site. To meet increased electricity demands from operation of the proposed project (31,407,998 kWh/yr) the transformer that is currently on site would be upgraded from a 10 MVA to a 20 MVA transformer. Entergy customers are part of the Midcontinent Independent System Operator. The company intends to issue a request for quotation for a large, fixed, diesel generator to power process equipment in the event of a power failure.
- Ownership
- Orbia’s Fluorinated Solutions business, Koura, announced it is exploring two expansion projects at its Iberville Parish facility. Mexichem currently owns and operates the facility.
Facility
- Activity
- Hydrofluorocarbon HC-134a (R-134a refrigerant) manufacturing plus transloading and blending
- Industry
- Industrial
- Site type
- Facility
- Operating status
- Operating
Reported Jun 25, 2026
Related records
Timeline
- Jun 25, 2026
- DOE final environmental assessment proposed $100,000,000.00 of a $399,155,183.00 award for the LiPF6 project.
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- Oct 25, 2023
- Koura proposed a $400 million LiPF6 manufacturing facility at its Iberville Parish site.
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