ExxonMobil Chemical's affiliate ExxonMobil Chemical Technology Licensing has signed an agreement to license its tubular process technology to Sasol North America for a low density polyethylene (LDPE) plant in Lake Charles, Louisiana, US.
According to ExxonMobil, the new plant, which is expected to be completed in late 2016, will have production capacity of 420 thousand tons annually.
Sasol Polymers, a division of Sasol Chemical Industries, also licensed the tubular process for its LDPE plant in Sasolburg, South Africa.
ExxonMobil Chemical Technology Licensing vice president Jennifer Dunphy said, "LDPE producers continue to choose our tubular process technology for its broad grade-slate capabilities, high reactor uptime and lower total cost compared with commercial gas-phase reactors."
The company's tubular process has been in operation since 1968 and is used worldwide by ExxonMobil Chemical and its licensees.
