Expand acetic acid production capacity at the Clear Lake facility

Not delivered by the deadline

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Announced: 28 Jan 2019
Due: 31 Dec 2021
Checked: 20 Oct 2026

Deadline
Met
Late
Not met
Today

What the company said

“expanding Clear Lake, Texas acetic acid capacity to approximately 2.0 million tons by late 2021”

SourceCelanese Form 8-K press release, 2019-01-28
FilingSEC filing index
Deadline as statedby late 2021
Deadline used31 Dec 2021, the last day of the stated period
TypeFacility
Permanent referenceKI-C-2019-CE-017355
Cite as https://keptindex.org/c/KI-C-2019-CE-017355/ — this address never changes.

What we found

Evidence strength A What the grades mean

The company reported in February 2022 that the acetic acid expansion project in Clear Lake, Texas was still in construction, indicating it was not completed by the late 2021 deadline.

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Celanese 8-K filed 2022-01-27 Regulatory filing · published 27 Jan 2022 · retrieved 20 Oct 2026 · kept permanently by the SEC · fingerprint 0e8daf7c4721
“Capital expenditures in the year were $467 million as the Company progressed on several key projects including the 1.3 million ton acetic acid expansion in Clear Lake, Texas.” ✓ confirmed on the page
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Celanese 10-K filed 2022-02-10 Regulatory filing · published 10 Feb 2022 · retrieved 20 Oct 2026 · kept permanently by the SEC · fingerprint 45a534800395
“our previously announced acetic acid expansion in Clear Lake, Texas is still in construction and on schedule.” ✓ confirmed on the page

Market reaction: the shares moved +0.0% against the S&P 500 over the three sessions around the disclosure (9 Feb 2022 to 14 Feb 2022). What this measures

Checked 20 Oct 2026.

Commitment lineage

Every time the company restated this commitment. The original is never changed, and the outcome is always measured against version 1.

Deadline drift +455 days
2 versions

Version 1 · original · stated 28 Jan 2019

Deadline 31 Dec 2021 (“by late 2021”) · target 2 million tons
Version 2 · stated 21 Oct 2021

Deadline 31 Mar 2023 (“in early 2023”)

“With the completion of the acetic acid expansion at Clear Lake in early 2023”
Source for this version

Commitment DNA

The structured record of this commitment. Fields the company did not state are left blank rather than guessed.

Event type: Capacity change
Indicative materiality: Medium rules
Action: Expand
Deliverable: Clear Lake acetic acid capacity
Target: 2 million tons
Where: Clear Lake, Texas
In the company’s control: High
Specificity: High

How this entry was checked

Commitment recordedThe company's words were matched word for word against the filing.
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Second check: agreesA different AI model, Claude (Anthropic), re-read the evidence without being told the outcome and reached the same answer.
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