On March 29, petrochemical industry leader Formosa Plastics announced that work would begin on the 6th Naphtha Cracker on tidal land at Mailiao in Yunlin. The plant has already had five planned locations, from the first in Ilan County to the current one at Mailiao. In the end the obstacles were least on the tidal land, and now a special port for petrochemicals can be built for the 6th Naphtha Cracker on the coast.
三月廿九日石化業龍頭台塑公司，宣佈第六輕油煉解廠在雲林麥寮海埔地上開工，由最早的宜蘭到今天的雲林，六輕換了五個地點，其中以仍是海埔地的麥寮阻力最少，六輕還因此可以在海岸設一個專用的石化港。