Halliburton to build first oilfield chemical manufacturing reaction plant in Saudi Arabia

Halliburton Company, one of the world's largest oil field service companies, has announced it will build the first oilfield chemical manufacturing reaction plant in Saudi Arabia, a statement said.

The Company held a ground-breaking ceremony on recently, at the plant’s PlasChem Park location in Jubail.

Upon the plant’s completion in 2020, Halliburton will begin local manufacturing of specialty chemicals to help customers achieve production and reliability goals in applications from the reservoir to the refinery, the statement added.

The plant will have capabilities to manufacture a broad slate of chemicals for stimulation, production, midstream, and downstream engineered treatment programs.