【重磅】埃克森美孚和Sabic在美国德州合资兴建世界上最大的乙烯生产装置

A massive plastics and petrochemicals project shared by ExxonMobil Chemical Co. and Saudi Basic Industries Corp. is heading to Corpus Christi, Texas.

埃克森美孚和Sabic合资兴建的大宗化工产品项目将落户得克萨斯州科珀斯克里斯蒂。

The site would include the world’s largest ethylene cracker, with annual capacity of almosy 4 billion pounds, as well as downstream units making polyethylene resin and other products. The site will cover 1,300 acres and represents a $10 billion investment by the two firms.

两家公司将投资100亿美元兴建面积为1300英亩的工厂。该工厂拥有世界上产能最大的乙烯裂解装置，该装置的乙烯设计产能为40亿磅/年（约180万吨/年），除此之外该工厂还包含一些生产聚乙烯和其它树脂的配套生产装置。

In a news release, the project was described as “a unique opportunity created by the abundance of low cost U.S. natural gas.”

有消息称该项目的实施得益于美国储量丰富且廉价的天然气。

The project could start production as soon as 2020, officials said. It’s expected to create 6,000 construction jobs and 600 permanent jobs, as well as $50 billion in economic gains for the state in its first six years.

据官方消息，该项目最早将于2020年投入生产，同时该项目将提供6000个建筑工作岗位和600个永久性的工作岗位，项目在投产后的六年里将产生500亿美元经济效益。

Houston-based ExxonMobil and Sabic of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, first said they were considering the project in July. At that time, officials said that several sites in Texas and Louisiana were being considered.

埃克森美孚和Sabic最早于一月份宣布实施该项目，当时工厂的地址选择为得克萨斯和路易斯安娜的几个地方。

Several firms — including ExxonMobil — are adding large amounts of PE in the Gulf Coast region because of newfound supplies of shale-based natural gas. During 2017, ExxonMobil is expected to add as much as 3 billion pounds of new PE capacity at its site in Baytown, Texas.

随着海湾地区页岩油天然气的探测和开发，包括埃克森美孚在内的几家企业都增加了它们在海湾地区的PE产能。仅在2017年间，在埃克森美孚得克萨斯州贝城工厂的PE产能就增加了30亿磅（约136万吨）。

Sabic and ExxonMobil have worked together on major chemical joint ventures in Saudi Arabia for 35 years.

此前，埃克森美孚和Sabic在沙特阿拉伯地区已经有35年的合作经验。