Lim, Y. T.
Yong Tzer Lim is a Technical Support Engineer with ExxonMobil Chemical, responsible for licensing technical support activities for xylene and alkylation technology, primarily for customers in Asia. He has 8 yr of experience in the petrochemical industry, with most of it related to hydrotreating, continuous catalytic reforming and aromatics technology. Mr. Lim joined ExxonMobil Singapore as a process design engineer in 2012 and worked on project development before moving to the manufacturing and technology organization. He earned a BCh degree in chemical and biomolecular engineering from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.
Catalytic processes operation during downturns in aromatics complexes
Paraxylene production is a highly cyclical business that is subject to changes in the global economy and dependent on feedstock costs, alternative dispositions for aromatics, utilities costs and plant locations, among other factors. With the large PX capacity added by recently started crude-to-chemicals complexes and the expected impact of the economic recession on commodities demand, many aromatics complexes face a significant slowdown in the coming months or, possibly, years.
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