ExxonMobil and SABIC’s GCGV Complex Due to Start by the end of 2021
8/27/2021
ExxonMobil and SABIC’s joint venture project named the Gulf Coast Growth Ventures complex is currently going through its commissioning phase for a planned startup in the final quarter of 2021, according to the plant’s manager, Paul Fritsch. The $7.3 billion dollar project has been working to reach this updated pace throughout much of the year, after having been previously expected in 2023. The GCGV petrochemical complex is highlighted by what will be the world’s second largest ethane cracker with a 1.8 MMtpy capacity and what will be largest monoethylene glycol unit in the world with a capacity of 1.1 MMtpy. This facility will also feature twin polyethylene units with each unit designed for
