Exxon Mobil planning $1.9 billion expansion at Baytown complex
https://www.chron.com/business/article/Exxon-Mobil-planning-1-9-billion-expansion-at-13174142.phpAugust 22, 2018
Exxon Mobil is planning a $1.9 billion expansion at its Baytown petrochemical complex.
The expansion would add a two-unit plastics processing plant on the north side of Exxon Mobil's Baytown complex, according to a tax abatement application. The company said the project -- which it says is still being evaluated -- would create 25 permanent jobs at a salary of $62,971.
The company expects construction to begin in mid-2021 and would be completed by 2023....
...The proposed expansion would follow Exxon Mobil's recent start up of a multi-billion petrochemical plant at the Baytown complex, which includes a cracker that processes the natural gas liquid ethane into into ethylene, the primary feedstock for most plastics. The expansion increased ethylene production by 1.5 million metric tons a year....
