USA: 1.5 Million Ton-Per-Year Cracker Exxon Mobil Announces Start-Up of New Ethane Cracker in Baytown

Exxon Mobil announced that operations have commenced at its new 1.5 million ton-per-year ethane cracker at the company’s integrated Baytown chemical and refining complex.

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Houston/USA — The new cracker will provide ethylene feedstock to new performance polyethylene lines at the company’s Mont Belvieu plastics plant, which began production in the fall of 2017. The Mont Belvieu plant is one of the largest polyethylene plants in the world, with manufacturing capacity of about 1.3 million tons per year.

Together, the Baytown ethane cracker and Mont Belvieu plant represent the company’s largest chemical investment in the US to date. Operations associated with the Baytown and Mont Belvieu projects are expected to increase regional economic activity by roughly $ 870 million per year and generate more than $ 90 million per year in local tax revenues. The two projects have created more than 10,000 construction jobs, 4,000 jobs in nearby communities and 350 permanent positions.

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Exxon Mobil's Ethane Cracker at Baytown to Start-Up Soon

The company is strategically investing in new refining and chemical-manufacturing projects in the US Gulf Coast region to expand its manufacturing and export capacity. The company’s more than $ 20 billion Growing the Gulf expansion program consists of major chemical, refining, lubricant and liquefied natural gas projects at proposed new and existing facilities along the Texas and Louisiana coasts. Investments began in 2013 and are expected to continue through at least 2022.

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