Shell Eastern Petroleum (Pte) Ltd (SEPL) has taken a final investment decision to proceed with the construction of Shell Eastern Petrochemicals Complex (SEPC) - a world-scale ethylene cracker on Bukom Island, Singapore. Improvements and expansions to the Bukom refinery will also be a part of the project along with a world-scale Mono-Ethylene Glycol (MEG) plant utilising Shell's proprietary technology on Jurong Island.
Detailed engineering design and procurement work is making headway with the
construction of the 800,000 tpa ethylene cracker scheduled to begin later this year and start-up of the new and modified facilities anticipated by 2009/ 2010. The cracker will be ideally positioned to supply feedstock to the new 750,000 tpa MEG plant, planned and existing joint venture derivatives plants and to major customers on Jurong Island via existing undersea pipelines. A significant domestic demand growth is forecast for MEG in the region.
28-Jul-06 
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