SINGAPORE, April 2 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell has finished upgrading its Singapore ethylene cracker complex atits integrated refining-chemicals site, boosting production ofethylene by 20 percent, the company said on Thursday.
The cracker on Bukom Island, which also houses Shell's500,000 barrels-per-day refinery, originally had a capacity of800,000 tonnes per year (tpy) of ethylene.
The additional supply of products will support the expansionof intermediate plants on the nearby Jurong Island, includingShell's mono-ethylene glycol plant and third-party facilities,the company said in a statement.
The cracker uses a range of feedstock, including naphtha andliquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to produce ethylene, a buildingblock for plastics. (Reporting by Jessica Jaganathan; Editing by PrateekChatterjee)