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MHI completes large-scale 2-train polyethylene plant for Exxon

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, Inc. (MHIA), a fully owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), has completed the construction of a large-scale two-train polyethylene plant in the US.

Photo courtesy of ExxonMobil.
Photo courtesy of ExxonMobil.

The construction order was placed in 2014 by ExxonMobil Chemical Company, an affiliate of ExxonMobil Corporation specializing in petrochemical products.

The plant will be able to produce 1.3 MMt of polyethylene per year and is situated near an existing plant operated by ExxonMobil in Mont Belvieu, Texas. It is equipped to perform reaction processing, final finishing, packaging, and shipment.

MHI Group is also constructing a large-scale polyethylene plant at ExxonMobil's petrochemical complex in Beaumont, Texas, representing the third polyethylene plant project conducted by MHI Group for ExxonMobil. The first polyethylene plant was installed at ExxonMobil's Singapore complex in 2011.

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