The realization of Project ONE is a major endeavor. The site rivals 128 soccer fields in size. Construction will require the equivalent of 4 Eiffel Towers in terms of steel, over 2,000 km of piping and roughly 8 million working hours. In addition to the actual ethane cracker (a facility covering an area of 75,000 square meters), there will also be an administrative campus with offices, a company restaurant and a gym, bicycle storage, the central control room, workshops, warehouses, storage tanks and so on.

After several years of engineering studies, preparatory work for construction began in the summer of 2022. The next phase will begin in early 2023, when the construction pits will be dug, after which the foundation piles for the cracker can be inserted. INEOS’ own project team consists of about 200 people. On-site, about 60 people are already at work. That will be around 3,000 around the peak of the works.