Published on May 11, 2017
The final agreement has been drafted between Jurong Aromatics and Exxon Mobil. The company will be acquire its Jurong based unit. This aromatic complex includes a 100,000 b/d condensate splitter, also has the capacity to produce 783,000 mt/year of jet fuel, 647,000 mt/year of light naphtha, 662,000 mt/year of gasoil, 283,000 mt/year of LPG, 35,000 mt/year of fuel oil, 46,000 mt/year of hydrogen and 18,000 mt/year of heavy aromatics, as well as petrochemical products including 800,000 mt/year of paraxylene, 400,000 mt/year of benzene and 200,000 mt/year of orthoxylene. Acquisition of the Jurong aromatics plant will increase ExxonMobil's Singapore aromatics production to over 3.5 million mt/year, of which 1.8 million mt is PX.
