ExxonMobil considers polypropylene expansion on U.S. Gulf Coast

ExxonMobil announced it has started detailed engineering for a potential project to expand polypropylene manufacturing capacity by up to 450,000 metric tons per year on the U.S. Gulf Coast. A final decision is expected later in 2018, with startup as early as 2021. The investment is anticipated to be several hundred million dollars.

“ExxonMobil said it has started detailed engineering work on a potential U.S. Gulf Coast project to expand polypropylene manufacturing capacity by up to 450 Mtpy to meet growing demand for high-performance, lightweight durable plastics.”admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com

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• admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.comExxonMobil considers polypropylene production expansion along U.S. Gulf CoastMar 20, 2018
• sweetcrudereports.comExxonMobil considers polypropylene production expansion along U.S. Gulf CoastchuksMar 21, 2018

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