ExxonMobil's Singapore chemical plant now operating
"ExxonMobil Chemical's petrochemical plant in Singapore truly is the model for integration being applied in the industry around the world," said Daniel S. Sanders, president, ExxonMobil Chemical Company. "This state-of-the-art, world-scale facility is fully integrated with ExxonMobil's refinery in Singapore and employs the latest chemical processing technologies for high-performance manufacturing."
The grassroots US$2 billion petrochemical facility, the company's single largest investment in the Asia Pacific region, has four plants designed to deliver a wide range of petrochemical products to customers. Its centerpiece is an 800,000-ton-per-year steam cracker, which produces ethylene, propylene and other products for several downstream chemical plants in and around Singapore. The facility also features a 480,000-ton-per-year polyethylene plant, the largest single reactor plant of its type in the world, a 315,000-ton-per-year polypropylene plant, a 150,000-ton-per-year oxo alcohol plant and a 155-megawatt cogeneration unit that provides power to both the refinery and the chemical plant.
"We are proud to be an investor in the continually growing Singapore economy," said Stan Tebbe, ExxonMobil Chemical's regional director, Asia Pacific. "With our Singapore Chemical Plant now onstream, our ability to consistently supply customers in the Asia Pacific region is further enhanced. The additional annual product capacity will significantly strengthen our global supply capability. We will be able to better serve our customers with multiple supply sources at highly competitive rates."
Over the coming months, the plant will complete additional, normal equipment testing and gradually achieve full processing capability. The top priority at the facility is a safe operation.
"We are proud of our employees and contractors who have worked so hard in the design, construction and safe start-up of this complex," said Tebbe. "Every employee and contractor at the Singapore Chemical Plant is committed to safe ongoing operations." The project, worldwide in both execution and organization, had a work force that peaked at more than 7,400 people from 41 countries.
ExxonMobil Chemical is a global leader in technology, product quality and customer service with petrochemical manufacturing and/or marketing operations in more than 150 countries around the world. Additional information regarding ExxonMobil Chemical can be found at www.exxonmobilchemical.com.
Source: ExxonMobil Chemical