ExxonMobil breaks ground on $10-billion petchems project in China

摘要

ExxonMobil held a virtual ground-breaking ceremony for its previously announced petrochemical project at Daya Bay, a district of the city of Huizhou in southern China’s Guangdong Province. The complex will have a total investment cost of about $10 billion and will be built in two phases. The frst will include a mixed-feed steam cracker designed to produce 1.6 million metric tons/year (MMt/y) of ethylene, 1.2 MMt/y of polyethylene, and 860,000 metric tons/year of polypropylene. It is expected to be completed by 2023 when construction on the second phase is due to begin. TechnipFMC is providing its ethylene technology.