据OGJ网站7月24日报道，埃克森美孚公司已开始在其位于德克萨斯州博蒙特(Beaumont)的聚乙烯（PE）工厂生产一条新型高性能聚乙烯生产线。(据OGJ网站2016年11月15日消息报道)

埃克森美孚表示，新投产的65万吨/年的装置将Beaumont颗粒状和颗粒化PE的产量提高了65％，整体产能将达到近170万吨/年。

埃克森美孚公司称，博蒙特的扩建基于2017年在该公司位于德克萨斯州蒙特贝尔维尤(Mont Belvieu)的生产基地投产的两条性能PE生产线所带来的供应优势，这将有助于满足PE强劲的全球需求增长。

博蒙特 PE扩建是埃克森美孚公司2017年首次宣布的为期10年，耗资200亿美元的“海湾增长”投资计划的一部分。

郝芬 译自 OGJ

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ExxonMobil commissions Beaumont polyethylene expansion

ExxonMobil Corp. has started production on a new high-performance polyethylene line at its Beaumont, Tex., polyethylene (PE) plant (OGJ Online, Nov. 15, 2016).

The newly commissioned 650,000-tonne/year unit increases production of granular and pelletized PE at Beaumont by 65%, bringing overall site capacity to nearly 1.7 million tpy, ExxonMobil said.

ExxonMobil said the Beaumont expansion builds upon supply advantages created by two performance PE lines previously commissioned in 2017 at the company’s manufacturing site in Mont Belvieu, Tex., that, together, will help meet strong global demand growth for PE.

The Beaumont PE expansion comes as part of ExxonMobil’s 10-year, $20-billion “Growing the Gulf” investment initiative first announced in 2017 (OGJ Online, Feb. 25, 2019).