News releases

  • ExxonMobil Considers Polypropylene Production Expansion Along U.S. Gulf Coast
    3/20/18 9:00 am EDT
    IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ExxonMobil said today it has started detailed engineering work on a potential U.S. Gulf Coast project to expand polypropylene manufacturing capacity by up to 450,000 tons a year to meet growing demand for high-performance, lightweight durable plastics. A final decision on the investment, anticipated to be several hundred million dollars, is expected later this year. Facility startup could come as early as 2021. The new facilitymore...
  • ExxonMobil Begins Production on New Polyethylene Line at Mont Belvieu Plastics Plant
    10/17/17 11:00 am EDT
    HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ExxonMobil Chemical Company announced today that it has commenced production on the first of two new 650,000 tons-per-year high-performance polyethylene lines at its plastics plant in Mont Belvieu, Texas. The full project, part of the company’s multi-billion dollar expansion project in the Baytown area and ExxonMobil’s broader Growing the Gulf expansion initiative, will increase the plant’s polyethylene capacity by approximatelymore...
  • ExxonMobil Completes Acquisition of One of the World’s Largest Aromatics Plants
    8/27/17 11:00 pm EDT
    HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ExxonMobil Chemical Company announced today that its Singapore affiliate has completed its acquisition of one of the world’s largest aromatics facilities on Jurong Island in Singapore. The acquisition was first announced in May 2017. The facility, previously owned by Jurong Aromatics Corporation, is located near ExxonMobil’s largest integrated refining and petrochemical complex, which has an ethylene production capacity of 1.9 millionmore...
  • ExxonMobil Completes New Polyethylene Lines at Mont Belvieu Plastics Plant
    5/22/17 11:00 am EDT
    HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ExxonMobil Chemical Company announced today the mechanical completion of two new 650,000 tons per year high performance polyethylene lines at its plastics plant in Mont Belvieu, Texas. The company expects production to begin during the third quarter of 2017. Part of a previously announced multi-billion dollar expansion project in the Baytown area, the polyethylene lines will process ethylene feedstock from the new steam crackermore...
  • ExxonMobil and SABIC Sign Agreement for Next Phase of Proposed U.S. Petrochemical Project
    5/20/17 8:00 am EDT
    RIYADH, Saudi Arabia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Affiliates of Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM) and SABIC (Saudi Basic Industries Corporation) signed an agreement today to conduct a detailed study of the proposed Gulf Coast Growth Ventures project in Texas and begin planning for front-end engineering and design work.The agreement was signed during the Saudi-US CEO Forum in Riyadh in the presence of Yousef Al-Benyan, SABIC vice chairman and chief executive officer, and Philippe Ducom, president, chairman and chief executive officer ofmore...
  • ExxonMobil to Acquire One of World’s Largest Aromatics Plants
    5/10/17 11:00 pm EDT
    HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ExxonMobil Chemical Company announced today that its Singapore affiliate has reached an agreement with Jurong Aromatics Corporation Pte Ltd to acquire its plant located on Jurong Island in Singapore. The plant, one of the largest in the world with an annual production capacity of 1.4 million tonnes, presents operational and logistical synergies for ExxonMobil’s integrated refining and petrochemical complex nearby. The company expects tomore...
  • ExxonMobil and SABIC Select San Patricio County for Proposed Petrochemical Project on U.S. Gulf Coast
    4/19/17 9:00 am EDT
    HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ExxonMobil Chemical Company and SABIC each announced the selection of a site in San Patricio County, Texas for potential development of a jointly owned petrochemical complex on the U.S. Gulf Coast. The proposed multibillion dollar investment would include a world-scale ethane steam cracker capable of producing 1.8 million tonnes of ethylene per year, which would feed a monoethylene glycol unit and two polyethylene unitsmore...
  • ExxonMobil Chemical to Expand Global Hydrocarbon Fluids Capacity by 250,000 Tons Per Year
    3/27/17 12:00 pm EDT
    HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ExxonMobil Chemical Company, a division of Exxon Mobil Corporation, announced today that it is expanding the capacity of its global hydrocarbon fluid assets by more than 250,000 tons per year at its world-scale petrochemical sites in Antwerp, Belgium; Baytown, Texas; and Jurong Island, Singapore. The capacity expansions will help the company produce higher volumes of its ExxsolTM series of differentiated fluids, as well as amore...
  • ExxonMobil Adds State-of-the-Art Tire Testing Capabilities to Shanghai Technology Center
    2/28/17 3:00 pm EST
    SHANGHAI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ExxonMobil today announced that it has expanded the tire testing capabilities of its Shanghai Technology Center. A new state-of-the-art Inflation Pressure Loss Rate (IPLR) test room that evaluates a tire’s air pressure loss rate over time has been added. The new facility, which expands upon the company’s global network of tire technology support centers in Baytown, Texas, and Bangalore, India, will help customers meet risingmore...
  • 埃克森美孚推出用于软包装的埃奇得 XP 高性能聚合物新牌号
    10/21/16 11:08 am EDT
    休斯顿--(BUSINESS WIRE)--埃克森美孚于 10 月 19-26 日在德国杜塞尔多夫举办的 K2016 展会上（FG04 展台）推出埃奇得™ XP 两个新牌号，进一步扩展其产品系列。 这些新牌号适用于收缩软包装和食品复合包装，为薄膜加工商和终端用户提供显著的性能优势。 “我们很高兴地看到，最近发布的埃奇得 XP 产品组合增添了两个全新牌号，使客户在开发应用时有了更多选择，满足对非凡性能的渴望。”埃克森美孚化工塑料和树脂业务副总裁 Cindy Shulman （舒欣迪）说，“埃奇得 XP 自推出以来很受市场欢迎，客户反映产品的性能水平提升到了全新的高度。这些新牌号将强化这种积极影响。” 埃奇得 XP 6026 和埃奇得 XP 6056 具有出色的加工性能，可以提供更强的韧性、抗揉搓性、热封性能、平衡的收缩性和良好的光学性能。对于加工商来说，这些聚合物的高熔体强度可实现更高的膜泡稳定性并提高产量。more...