ExxonMobil lifts allocations from polyethylene produced at Baton Rouge

25-Jun-15

ExxonMobil Chemical has lifted its polyethylene allocation for grades produced at its Baton Rouge, Louisiana, plastics facilities, as per market sources in Platts. The allocations, which had been in effect since late January, were lifted this week after feedstock ethylene supply improved following last week's restart of the Evangeline Ethylene Pipeline, sources said. ExxonMobil could not immediately be reached for comment. The 176 mile Evangeline pipeline is capable of transporting more than 1 mln tpa of ethylene from Texas to Louisiana. ExxonMobil operates a 988,000 tpa ethylene cracker in Baton Rouge, but also receives ethylene through the Evangeline Pipeline that is used for its polyethylene production, market sources have said. he Baton Rouge Polyolefins Plant has an HDPE capacity of 397,000 tpa, with an industry source noting that the plant is a large producer of HDPE blow molding. The Baton Rouge Plastic Plant has an LDPE capacity of more than 467,000 tpa.