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The scope of supply covers the manufacturing and supplying of carbon steel , low temp, low alloy and stainless steel flanges from 2" up to 54".

The SPT will consist of a number of downstream units including a steam cracker ethylene complex and two downstream plants for the production of ethylene and propylene derivatives such as ethylene oxide, ethylene glycol, acrylonitrile, propylene oxide, cumene / phenol, oxo alcohols, acrylic acid and isopropyl alcohol.

The new plant will integrate with existing ExxonMobil plants at the refining and chemical complex including their aromatics and oxo-alcohol units which will also be refurbished and expanded. ExxonMobil's goal is to push ethylene production in Singapore up to two million tonnes per annum; the new plant will allow them to achieve an increase in production to about 1.8 million tonnes per annum.

The Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), which supports the SPT project would like to push the total ethylene production of Singapore's petrochemical industries up to six million tonnes per annum – the SPT will push the figure to about four million tonnes per annum.