Jurong Aromatics complex set to start up soon: chief exec

[SINGAPORE] With project construction practically wrapped up, the US$2.4 billion Jurong Aromatics Corporation (JAC), Singapore's newest integrated refinery/aromatics complex, is set to start up anytime now.

JAC's chief executive officer, Dai Yu, disclosed in a message on the corporation's newly established website that "our baseline schedule set at the commencement of the project in 2011 is to start up in August 2014. However, we have been targeting to start up earlier and I am pleased to see it is happening soon."

"We have achieved operational readiness and are fully geared for start-up and commercial operations," he added. This includes staffing, where JAC is now at full strength, with all departments working together seamlessly, and employees well-trained for their roles, he said.