11 November 2009 04:10 [Source: ICIS news]
SINGAPORE (ICIS news)--Shell Chemicals is on track to start up its new 800,000 tonne/year naphtha cracker in the petrochemical hub of Jurong Island, Singapore in the first quarter of next year, a company official said on Wednesday.
The company was also in the process of starting up a 750,000 tonne/year monoethylene glycol (MEG) plant at the same site, said its executive vice president, Ben Van Beurden.
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