ExxonMobil Begins Operations in Baytown At New 1.5-Million-T/Y Ethane Cracker

摘要

Houston— ExxonMobil announced the start of operations at its new 1.5-million-t/y ethane cracker at the company's integrated Baytown chemical and refining complex in Texas (PCN, 12 Feb 2018, p 1). The cracker will provide ethylene feedstock to two new 650,000-t/y polyethylene lines at ExxonMobil's Mont Bel-vieu, Texas, site, which began production in the fall of 2017.