ExxonMobil carries out maintenance at a Singapore chemical plant

ExxonMobil’s chemical plant in Singapore was undergoing maintenance which led to flaring, source said on Thursday. Some said its PP unit could be impacted, but impact on aromatics unit is limited and the length of maintenance is unclear. The integrated petrochemical complex of ExxonMobil has 1.9 million mt/yr ethylene capacity, with downstream polymer units. Singapore Aromatics Recovery No.1 plant is also located at this site, that has capacity to produce 530,000 mt/yr of paraxyelene, 580,000 mt/yr of benzene, and 380,000 mt/yr of toluene.