ExxonMobil said that a new 1.5 million tonne/year ethane cracker in the integrated chemical and refinery plant in Bay City, Texas, has been commissioned.
The newly commissioned ethane cracker will supply ethylene to the new performance polyethylene line at ExxonMobil's plastics plant in Mont Belvieu, which was commissioned in the fall of 2017. The Mont Belvieu plant is the world's largest. One of the polyethylene plants, with an annual production capacity of about 1.3 million tons.