Mexico, Braskem sign supply pact for ethlyene plant
MEXICO CITY, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Mexico's state oil company Pemex said it signed a letter of intent with a consortium led by Brazil's Braskem SA to supply raw materials for a proposed petrochemicals plant the consortium may build in Mexico.
Pemex [PEMX.UL] said it would supply 66,000 barrels per day of ethane to the project which would allow the consortium to build a world-scale 1 million tonnes per year ethylene cracker on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico.
Braskem (BRKM5.SA: Quote, Profile, Research) will partner with privately-held Mexican petrochemicals firm Grupo IDESA in the proposed cracker.
The Mexican government has been trying to launch the so-called Ethylene 21 project for some time as a means of revitalizing its petrochemicals industry. (Reporting by Robert Campbell; editing by Carol Bishopric)
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