Jurong refinery

Also known as:

ExxonMobil Singapore refiner

Jurong is a very large, medium complexity refinery in Singapore

The refinery is owned and operated by ExxonMobil

The refinery is on two sites separated by water, one on the mainland and one directly opposite on Jurong Island

The site is integrated with ExxonMobil's Singapore Chemicals Plant and Jurong Aromatics Plant, both on Jurong Island

Refinery configuration

Complexity: 6.9

Jurong is a medium complexity plant with visbreaker and asphalt for bottoms upgrading as well as a hydrocracker and base oil plant.

Major process units:

Atmospheric distillation - 592 kbpd

Vacuum distillation    

Visbreaker    

Hydrocracker     

Reformer - two units: a smaller Semiregen  unit and a Continuous (CCR) unit

Naphtha hydrotreater  

Kerosene hydrotreater   

Distillate hydrotreater   

Aromatics extraction   

Hydrogen production   

Base oil plant   

Asphalt plant   

Refinery history

1966 - Mobil commissioned its Jurong refinery on Pioneer road with 18 kbpd

1970 - Esso commissioned its refiney on Pulau Ayer Chawan (now Jurong Island) with 90 kbpd

1993 - Mobil added a hydrocracker, reformer and aromatics plant

1999 - Mobil and Exxon merge and refineries are integrated 

2001 - Singapore Chemical plant commissioned

2013 - Diesel hydrotreater added