ExxonMobil Chemical Co. has started up its 1.5 million-tonne/year ethane steam cracker at the company’s integrated chemical and refining complex in Baytown, Tex. Entered into operation on July 26, the new cracker will provide ethylene feedstock for two 650,000-tpy high-performance polyethylene lines that began production in fall 2017 at the company’s plastics plant in Mont Belvieu, Tex.

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