ExxonMobil Chemical to build 2nd Singapore cracker

NEW YORK, Sept 4 (Reuters) - ExxonMobil Chemical, a unit of Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), said on Tuesday that it would build a second steam cracker complex in Singapore, located and integrated with its existing Singapore site.

The new petrochemical project will include a 1 million tonne-per-year ethylene steam cracker, as well as several other units and a 200 megawatt power cogeneration plant.

Project start-up is expected in early 2011, the company said.

(Reporting by Ed Leefeldt)

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