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SINGAPORE: Shell completes expansion at Pulau Bukom to raise ethylene capacity by 20%

Shell Chemicals has restarted its Pulau Bukom, Singapore, ethylene cracker following a three-month maintenance turnaround in which the cracker's capacity was increased by 20%, according to local media reports.

In 2012, Shell identified the project as its "largest-ever petrochemicals investment," which was expected to increase olefins and aromatics capacity "by more than 20%".

At the time, the company said it had 800,000 t/y of ethylene, 450,000 t/y of propylene, 750,000 t/y of ethylene glycol, 155,000 t/y of butadiene and 230,000 t/y of benzene capacity.

Source: Weekly "PetroChemical News", Durham, NC, USA;19 Jan 2015
(Syed Rashid Ali, Karachi, Pakistan)


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