ExxonMobil initiates construction of second petrochemical plant in Singapor...

At a ground breaking ceremony held on Jurong Island adjacent to the company´s existing petrochemical project, ExxonMobil has initiated construction of its second petrochemical plant in Singapore. The project is expected to come on-stream in early 2011. The new petrochemical project will produce 1 million tpa of ethylene, 450,000 tpa of polypropylene and 300,000 tpa of specialty elastomers.