By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Sept. 7 -- ExxonMobil Chemical Co. plans to build a second world-scale steam cracker complex at its existing site in Jurong, Singapore (OGJ Online, Nov. 29, 1999).
The multibillion plant will be fully integrated with the company's 605,000 b/cd refinery and chemical plant, providing feedstock, operating, and investment synergies. The initial chemical plant began operating in 2001.
The new plant, expected to start up in early 2011, will include a 1 million tonne/year ethylene steam cracker, two 650,000 tpy polyethylene units, a 450,000 tpy polypropylene unit, a 300,000 tpy specialty elastomers unit, an aromatics extraction unit to produce 340,000 tpy of benzene, and an oxo-alcohol expansion of 125,000 tpy. A 220-Mw electric power cogeneration unit also will be built.
ExxonMobil Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. has awarded the design, engineering, procurement, and construction contract for the steam cracker recovery unit to Shaw Group.
Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding and Heurtey Petrochem Group have been selected as EPC contractors for the steam cracker furnaces. Mitsui also received EPC contracts for the polypropylene and specialty elastomers units.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has been awarded the EPC for the two polyethylene units.
