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Flaring at ExxonMobil's Singapore Chemical Plant
SINGAPORE, November 21, 2006 – At 11am this morning (21 November, 2006), a compressor at ExxonMobil's Singapore Chemical Plant on Jurong Island tripped. We subsequently shut down a number of the process units safely. As part of the shut down and for safety reasons, we had to burn off excess hydrocarbons in the facility through the flare stacks. We wish to assure the public that flaring is a vital part of keeping our chemical plant running safely during unplanned operational interruptions or scheduled maintenance activities.
Flaring is continuing as we are in the process of restarting the process units. We expect the flaring to end some time tomorrow.
We wish to add that the National Environment Agency (NEA) has stringent emission controls in place. We abide by the controls and we cooperate fully with NEA in their monitoring of emssions.
Media Contact:
Eva Ho
Communications Manager
Public Affairs Shared Services Centre
ExxonMobil Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd.
DID: (65) 68858275 Mobile: (65) 96176234
Email: eva.hw.ho@exxonmobil.com
To find out more about ExxonMobil Chemical, visit www.exxonmobilchemical.com.
About ExxonMobil Chemical
ExxonMobil Chemical is a global leader in technology, product quality and customer service with petrochemical manufacturing and/or marketing operations in more than 150 countries around the world. Its products include olefins, aromatics, fluids, synthetic rubber, polyethylene, polypropylene, oriented polypropylene packaging films, plasticizers, synthetic lubricant basestocks and additives for fuels and lubricants.
ExxonMobil Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. is Singapore's single largest foreign investor. Its fully integrated refining and chemical manufacturing facility in Singapore is ExxonMobil's largest integrated manufacturing site in Asia.
Note to the editors:
The term "ExxonMobil Chemical" refers collectively to some or all of the companies affiliated with Exxon Mobil Corporation which have chemical manufacturing and/or marketing operations around the world.
