SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Petro Rabigh’s second phase of expansion (Rabigh phase II project) in Saudi Arabia is on track to be completed in 2016, industry sources said on Monday.
The expansion includes building a new aromatics complex at the project site in Rabigh, using additional 30m standard cubic feet/day of ethane and approximately 3m tonnes/year of naphtha as feedstock.
"The Rabigh II project is likely to be completed by 2016," according to a Saudi Arabia-based polymer source on the sidelines of the 9th Annual GPCA Forum in Dubai.
Petro Rabigh currently has a 1.3m tonne/year ethane cracker at the site.
The project’s main products will be ethylene propylene rubber (EPR), thermoplastic polyolefin (TPO), methyl methacrylate (MMA) monomer, polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), low density polyethylene/ethylene vinyl acetate (LDPE/EVA), para-xylene/benzene, cumene and phenol/acetone.
Petro Rabigh is a joint venture between Japan’s Sumitomo Chemical and state-owned energy firm Saudi Aramco.
The 9th Annual GPCA forum runs on 23-25 November.
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