15 November 2012
Details
Shell has taken a final investment decision to
debottleneck
Singapore ethylene cracker
on Pulau Bukom (Bukom Island)
with expectation to increase the capacity of
olefins and aromatics by more than 20 %.
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About Shell's ethylene cracker in Singapore
- The ethylene cracker opened in March 2010 and
is a major component of the
Shell Eastern Petrochemical Complex (SEPC),
Shell's largest-ever petrochemical investment.
- It is integrated with Shell's largest refinery,
on Palau Bukom, and with its
world-scale mono-ethylene glycol plant
on Jurong island.
- The ethylene cracker was designed with
potential capacity expansion
Benefit of the new investment in debottlenecking
- The investment will generate additional volumes to
help shell meet growing demand from customers
in the region
- It will also further unlock value from integration
with refinery and derivatives activities in
Jurong Island.
- The integration is the key to Shell's strategy.
- This projec reinforces Shell's commitment to Singapore,
which is already Shell's largest petrochemicals
production and export centre in the Asia Pacific region.
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About the SEPC project
- The SEPC projects included
* a new ethylene cracker complex
* a world-scale mono-ethylene glycol plant
* and modifications to the existing Palau Bukom refinery
- The project was strategically located to
take advantage of existing infrastructure and to
ensure that maximum benefits are achieved by
integrating the petrochemical site with
Shell's Bukom oil refinery
- Bukom refinery was modified to enable to produce
feedstock for the ethylene cracker.
- The integration delivers
* operating efficiencies and
* valuable by-products as well as
* the abilities to use feedstock from the
adjacent refinery rather than
importing from elsewhere
- The production capacity of the SEPC project includes
Products Capacity (tonnes per annum)
Ethylene 800,000
Mono-Ethylene Glycol 750,000
Butadiene 155,000
Propylene 450,000
Benzene 230,000
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