Project Profile
Value: $1,500 Million
Startup Year: First Quarter of 2014
Paraxylene: 800,000 tonne/year
Orthoxylene: 200,000 tonne/year
Benzene: 450,000 tonne/year
Location: Jurong Island
The plant has a capacity of 1.5 million tonnes of aromatics, 800,000 tonnes of para-xylene 200,000 tonnes of ortho-xylene, 450,000 tonnes of benzene, as well as another 2.5 million tonne of petroleum products. The plant will use natural gas and condensate as feedstock and is located on Jurongs Island.
Operator/Developer:
Jurong Aromatics Corporation Pte. Ltd.
Joint venture constructing the project:
SK Global Chemical
SK Gas
SK Engineering and Construction Co.