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Shell announces start-up of new ethylene cracker.

Posted on : 07 Apr, 2010

 

Shell announced it has successfully started up the ethylene cracker at its Shell Eastern Petrochemicals Complex (SEPC) project in Singapore, producing on-specification ethylene on 22 March 2010.

The 100% Shell-owned ethylene cracker complex (ECC) has a capacity of 800,000 tonnes of ethylene per annum, as well as 450,000 tonnes of propylene and 230,000 tonnes of benzene. These olefins and aromatics products are petrochemical ‘building blocks’ that will be used primarily for downstream chemical plants located on Jurong Island, including the Shell mono-ethylene glycol (MEG) plant. The availability of these additional feedstock will support the growth and diversification of Singapore’s chemicals cluster... Read more here.

 

The above is good news not only for Singapore but also the rest of APAC & Middle East petrochemical industry which is enjoying positive growth and low labor costs with new projects leading the growth in China, Thailand, India and South Korea.

 

To keep abreast of all these new projects within the region CMT will host a two-day conference on the 6^th Asia Aromatics & Derivatives meeting this June! Some of the key highlights include:

• Find out China’s upcoming projects and feedstock acquisition strategies by SINOPEC
• Cost-benefit analysis of Thailand’s Integrated Aromatics Refinery by PTT Aromatics and Refining
• Opportunities in Vietnam and its aromatics and derivatives demand led by Petrovietnam Research and Development Center for Petroleum Processing
• Preview on Iran and India markets from Iran Petrochemical Commercial Company and Reliance Industries Limited.

To find out more on the 6^th Asia Aromatics & Derivatives >>click here<<