A massive plastics and petrochemicals project shared by ExxonMobil Chemical Co. and Saudi Basic Industries Corp. is heading to Corpus Christi, Texas.

埃克森美孚和Sabic合資興建的大宗化工產品項目將落戶得克薩斯州科珀斯克里斯蒂。

The site would include the world’s largest ethylene cracker, with annual capacity of almosy 4 billion pounds, as well as downstream units making polyethylene resin and other products. The site will cover 1,300 acres and represents a $10 billion investment by the two firms.

兩家公司將投資100億美元興建面積為1300英畝的工廠。該工廠擁有世界上產能最大的乙烯裂解裝置，該裝置的乙烯設計產能為40億磅/年（約180萬噸/年），除此之外該工廠還包含一些生產聚乙烯和其它樹脂的配套生產裝置。

In a news release, the project was described as “a unique opportunity created by the abundance of low cost U.S. natural gas.”

有消息稱該項目的實施得益于美國儲量豐富且廉價的天然氣。

The project could start production as soon as 2020, officials said. It’s expected to create 6,000 construction jobs and 600 permanent jobs, as well as $50 billion in economic gains for the state in its first six years.

據官方消息，該項目最早將于2020年投入生產，同時該項目將提供6000個建筑工作崗位和600個永久性的工作崗位，項目在投產后的六年里將產生500億美元經濟效益。

Houston-based ExxonMobil and Sabic of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, first said they were considering the project in July. At that time, officials said that several sites in Texas and Louisiana were being considered.

埃克森美孚和Sabic最早于一月份宣布實施該項目，當時工廠的地址選擇為得克薩斯和路易斯安娜的幾個地方。

Several firms — including ExxonMobil — are adding large amounts of PE in the Gulf Coast region because of newfound supplies of shale-based natural gas. During 2017, ExxonMobil is expected to add as much as 3 billion pounds of new PE capacity at its site in Baytown, Texas.

隨著海灣地區頁巖油天然氣的探測和開發，包括埃克森美孚在內的幾家企業都增加了它們在海灣地區的PE產能。僅在2017年間，在埃克森美孚得克薩斯州貝城工廠的PE產能就增加了30億磅（約136萬噸）。

Sabic and ExxonMobil have worked together on major chemical joint ventures in Saudi Arabia for 35 years.

此前，埃克森美孚和Sabic在沙特阿拉伯地區已經有35年的合作經驗。