Exxon Mobil plans multi-billion dollar plant near Texas Gulf

PORTLAND, Texas (AP) — Exxon Mobil Corp. and a Saudi partner plan to build a multi-billion dollar petrochemical plant near the Texas coast, Texas’ governor said Wednesday.
The project will be a venture involving Exxon and Saudi Arabia Basic Industries Corp. Exxon officials have said it’ll be among the largest ethane steam cracker plants in the world, with an opening scheduled for 2024.
The plant will be built in Portland, just north of Corpus Christi, on roughly 1,300 acres (5