據油氣在線休斯敦5月23日消息，埃克森美孚公司位于得州蒙特貝爾維的塑料工廠內的兩條65萬噸/年的高性能聚乙烯生產線已經達到了機械完成狀態。公司預計在第三季度開始投產。

　　作為先前宣布的位于得州貝城的投資數十億美元的擴能項目，這兩條聚乙烯生產線將加工來自于當前正在貝城工廠內新建的150萬噸/年的乙烯裂解裝置的乙烯原料。

　　埃克森美孚化學公司董事長Neil Chapman表示，這兩條生產線將令該工廠的聚乙烯產能翻番，從而成為全球最大的聚乙烯工廠之一。

　　龐曉華 摘譯自 油氣在線

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　　ExxonMobil completes polyethylene lines at Mont Belvieu plastics plant

　　ExxonMobil Chemical Co. has reached mechanical completion of two 650,000-tonne/year high-performance polyethylene lines at its plastics plant in Mont Belvieu, Tex. The company expects production to begin during the third quarter.

　　Part of a previously announced multibillion dollar expansion project in the Baytown, Tex., area, the polyethylene lines will process ethylene feedstock from the new 1.5 million-tpy steam cracker currently under construction at the Baytown complex.

　　ExxonMobil Chemical Pres. Neil Chapman said the “facility will double the plant’s production capacity, making it one of the largest polyethylene plants in the world.”