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Houston (May 16, 2007) -- ExxonMobil Chemical has earned awards for energy
efficiency from the American Chemistry Council (ACC) and from the Industrial
Energy Technology Conference (IETC) hosted by the Energy Systems Laboratory of
the Texas A&M University System.
Since 2000, ExxonMobil has identified opportunities to improve energy
efficiency by 15 to 20 percent at its chemical plants and refineries. The
company has implemented more than half these opportunities, with associated
costs savings of about $750 million per year in the chemical and refining
businesses. As a result of these activities, in 2006 ExxonMobil avoided the
emission of about 8 million tons of associated greenhouse gases, which is
roughly equivalent to removing 1.5 million cars from U.S. roads.
ACC Awards
ExxonMobil Chemical has received ACC’s energy efficiency awards for 10
consecutive years. The company received eight of the total 36 awards ACC
presented under the 2006 program.
The award recipients include:
Baton Rouge Chemical Plant - five awards.-
for the company's Global Energy Management System monitoring practices that
let console operators take timely action to improve energy efficiency. The
practices use Key Energy Variables, critical measures that are continually
monitored and controlled.
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for implementation of new energy efficient technology to recover dissolved
metal from wastewater
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for installation of a new, energy-efficient heat exchanger
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for improved flare controls to reduce natural gas consumption; and
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for adjustments to distillation equipment that reduced by 25 percent the
amount of energy to make resins.
Baytown Chemical Plant-
for new equipment that improves maintenance of large heat exchangers.
Beaumont Olefins and Aromatics Plant - two awards.-
for removing a boiler from service and employing a more efficient steam source
from the ExxonMobil Beaumont complex cogeneration unit, and
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for the use of automated software that reduces energy consumption and
increases hydrogen production.
IETC Award
The company earned the 2007 IETC Energy Award for operation of cogeneration
facilities at ExxonMobil's Baytown site, which increase the energy efficiency
at the complex's refinery, two chemical plants and research center, and help
decrease the region's emissions of greenhouse gases.
The facilities, located at the Baytown Olefins Plant, include a 160 megawatt
gas-turbine generator, coupled with a heat-recovery unit that can produce
560,000 pounds-per-hour of steam for use in manufacturing processes. Using the
most efficient technology available today, the cogeneration unit produces both
steam and electricity from clean-burning natural gas at an efficiency rate of
about twice traditional power generation. The generator is large enough to
supply the average energy needs of at least 100,000 homes in the United States.
The 2007 IETC program in New Orleans includes recognition for the ExxonMobil
Chemical recipients of Responsible Care® Energy Efficiency awards for 2006 and
2005. The IETC promotes innovation in energy use and waste reduction programs
in the industrial sector and monitors regulatory programs affecting industry.
ExxonMobil Chemical is a global leader in technology, product quality and
customer service with petrochemical manufacturing and/or marketing operations
around the world. To find out more about ExxonMobil Chemical visit
www.exxonmobilchemical.com.
Related information:
Energy Use and Efficiency at ExxonMobil
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Cogeneration can be twice as efficient as traditional methods of producing
steam and power separately. As an industry leader in cogeneration
applications, ExxonMobil has an interest in about 100 such facilities in more
than 30 locations worldwide, with a combined capacity of 4,300 megawatts of
power. ExxonMobil's current cogeneration capacity reduces global carbon
dioxide emissions by over 10.5 million metric tons annually. The amount of
carbon dioxide reduced is equivalent to taking two million cars of the road in
the United States.
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