日前,埃克森美孚正式在新加坡启动全球首个使用原油来生产石化产品的装置,其目的是通过这种方式降低成本,更好地应对同业竞争。化工企业通常使用石脑油等精炼产品为原料通过裂解装置生产乙烯和丙烯等石化产品,进而生产如塑料、肥皂或合成纤维等制成品。但埃克森在新加坡的新建裂解装置最大的特点是可以直接使用原油做裂解原料。埃克森美孚化工公司总裁斯蒂芬·普赖尔表示:“新加坡的这套裂解装置是迄今为止建成的最灵活的进料裂解装置,它可以加 ExxonMobil recently officially launched the world’s first unit in Singapore to use crude oil for the production of petrochemical products in an effort to reduce costs and better compete with competitors in this way. Chemical companies often use petrochemicals and other refined products as raw materials to produce petrochemical products such as ethylene and propylene through cracking units to produce finished products such as plastic, soap or synthetic fibers. However, the new feature of Exxon’s new cracker in Singapore is that crude oil can be directly used as a cracker. Stephen Pryor, president of ExxonMobil Chemical, said: ”Singapore’s cracker is the most flexible feed cracker built to date that adds