ExxonMobil is planning a $1.9 billion expansion at its petrochemical complex in Baytown, TX. According to a tax abatement application, the company is adding a two-unit plastics processing plant. ExxonMobil expects construction of the expansion to begin in mid-2021 and would be completed by 2023.

This proposed expansion follows ExxonMobil’s recent start-up of a petrochemical plant at the Baytown complex which increased ethylene production by 1.5 million metric tons/year.