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Released February 07, 2018 | SUGAR LAND
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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) (ExxonMobil) (Irving, Texas) has announced that it is underway with commissioning on it ethylene production unit in Baytown, Texas, the company announced Tuesday. The facility will use ethane obtained from shale gas production as feedstock and will have a production capacity of 1.5 million tons per year.
Construction on the project began in mid-2014. The plant is expected to reach full operation in the second quarter of 2018. Linde Engineering North America Incorporated (Blue Bell, Pennsylvania) and Bechtel Group Incorporated (San Francisco, California) performed engineering, procurement and construction (EPC). For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.
The ethylene will be used as feedstock for two polyethylene units--a linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) unit and a high-density polyethylene (HDPE) unit, both in Mont Belvieu, Texas, that ExxonMobil completed last fall. The units have a combined production capacity of 2.6 billion pounds per year. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Limited (Tokyo, Japan) performed EPC work on the project, which also kicked off in 2014. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.
John Verity, president of ExxonMobil Chemical Company, said, "With the completion of the project in Baytown, we are on the verge of fully realizing one of ExxonMobil's most significant U.S. Gulf Coast investments. Our new ethane cracker will allow us to economically meet rapidly growing demand for high-performance polyethylene products around the world while continuing to sustain economic development and create jobs for decades to come."
The project is part of a wave of ethane-derived ethylene production capacity coming online in the U.S. to take advantage of abundant natural gas feedstock from shale production. Trey Hamblet, Industrial Info's vice president of research for the Chemical Industry, said, "Never in the history of the Chemical Industry have we witnessed so much new capacity come online in the United States in such a short period of time. It is going to be an exciting year as we see multiple world-scale ethylene capacity additions completed before the end of 2018. In the first half of the year, we will see new capacity from Shintech (Houston Texas), ExxonMobil and Chevron Phillips Chemical (The Woodlands, Texas). In the last half of the year, even more capacity will be brought online from Sasol (NYSE:SSL) (Johannesburg, South Africa) and Formosa Plastics (Taiwan)."
Construction on Shintech's 500,000-metric-ton-per-year ethylene unit in Plaquemine, Louisiana, began in mid-2015. Toyo USA Incorporated (Houston) is providing the EPC work. The ethylene will feed Shintech's nearby vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plants. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company began construction on its 3.3 billion-pound-per-year ethylene facility in Baytown in 2014. The unit will have a production capacity of 3.3 billion pounds per year. The facility also is in commissioning. Fluor Corporation (NYSE:FLR) (Irving, Texas) and JGC Plant Innovation Company Limited (Yokohama, Japan) are providing EPC work on the project. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.
Sasol kicked off construction on its 1.5 million-metric-ton-per-year ethylene unit in Westlake, Louisiana, in early 2015, with Fluor and TechnipFMC (Houston) providing EPC work. The unit is part of Sasol's Lake Charles Chemical Project, which also includes construction of two polyethylene units. For more information, see Industrial Info's project reports on the ethylene cracker, LLDPE unit and low-density polyethylene unit.
Construction on Formosa Plastics' 2.65 billion-pound-per-year ethylene production unit also began in early 2015 and is expected to be completed in the second half of the year. Toyo Engineering Corporation (Narashino, Japan) is providing engineering. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.
ExxonMobil's dash to produce more ethylene is not over. The company is in the planning stages with Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) for construction of a petrochemical complex in San Patricio County, Texas, that would include an ethylene unit with a production capacity of 1.8 million tons per year. Construction could begin later this year, with completion set for 2021. Amec Foster Wheeler (London, England) is performing EPC work. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report and January 9, 2018, article - Texas Chemicals Plant One Step Closer with Tax Breaks.
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Construction on the project began in mid-2014. The plant is expected to reach full operation in the second quarter of 2018. Linde Engineering North America Incorporated (Blue Bell, Pennsylvania) and Bechtel Group Incorporated (San Francisco, California) performed engineering, procurement and construction (EPC). For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.
The ethylene will be used as feedstock for two polyethylene units--a linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) unit and a high-density polyethylene (HDPE) unit, both in Mont Belvieu, Texas, that ExxonMobil completed last fall. The units have a combined production capacity of 2.6 billion pounds per year. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Limited (Tokyo, Japan) performed EPC work on the project, which also kicked off in 2014. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.
John Verity, president of ExxonMobil Chemical Company, said, "With the completion of the project in Baytown, we are on the verge of fully realizing one of ExxonMobil's most significant U.S. Gulf Coast investments. Our new ethane cracker will allow us to economically meet rapidly growing demand for high-performance polyethylene products around the world while continuing to sustain economic development and create jobs for decades to come."
The project is part of a wave of ethane-derived ethylene production capacity coming online in the U.S. to take advantage of abundant natural gas feedstock from shale production. Trey Hamblet, Industrial Info's vice president of research for the Chemical Industry, said, "Never in the history of the Chemical Industry have we witnessed so much new capacity come online in the United States in such a short period of time. It is going to be an exciting year as we see multiple world-scale ethylene capacity additions completed before the end of 2018. In the first half of the year, we will see new capacity from Shintech (Houston Texas), ExxonMobil and Chevron Phillips Chemical (The Woodlands, Texas). In the last half of the year, even more capacity will be brought online from Sasol (NYSE:SSL) (Johannesburg, South Africa) and Formosa Plastics (Taiwan)."
Construction on Shintech's 500,000-metric-ton-per-year ethylene unit in Plaquemine, Louisiana, began in mid-2015. Toyo USA Incorporated (Houston) is providing the EPC work. The ethylene will feed Shintech's nearby vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plants. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company began construction on its 3.3 billion-pound-per-year ethylene facility in Baytown in 2014. The unit will have a production capacity of 3.3 billion pounds per year. The facility also is in commissioning. Fluor Corporation (NYSE:FLR) (Irving, Texas) and JGC Plant Innovation Company Limited (Yokohama, Japan) are providing EPC work on the project. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.
Sasol kicked off construction on its 1.5 million-metric-ton-per-year ethylene unit in Westlake, Louisiana, in early 2015, with Fluor and TechnipFMC (Houston) providing EPC work. The unit is part of Sasol's Lake Charles Chemical Project, which also includes construction of two polyethylene units. For more information, see Industrial Info's project reports on the ethylene cracker, LLDPE unit and low-density polyethylene unit.
Construction on Formosa Plastics' 2.65 billion-pound-per-year ethylene production unit also began in early 2015 and is expected to be completed in the second half of the year. Toyo Engineering Corporation (Narashino, Japan) is providing engineering. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.
ExxonMobil's dash to produce more ethylene is not over. The company is in the planning stages with Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) for construction of a petrochemical complex in San Patricio County, Texas, that would include an ethylene unit with a production capacity of 1.8 million tons per year. Construction could begin later this year, with completion set for 2021. Amec Foster Wheeler (London, England) is performing EPC work. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report and January 9, 2018, article - Texas Chemicals Plant One Step Closer with Tax Breaks.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR), with global headquarters in Sugar Land, Texas, six offices in North America and 12 international offices, is the leading provider of global market intelligence specializing in the industrial process, heavy manufacturing and energy markets. Industrial Info's quality-assurance philosophy, the Living Forward Reporting Principle, provides up-to-the-minute intelligence on what's happening now, while constantly keeping track of future opportunities. Follow IIR on: Facebook - Twitter - LinkedIn. For more information on our coverage, send inquiries to info@industrialinfo.com or visit us online at http://www.industrialinfo.com.
