1. Petchem Firms Face Saudi Ethane Supply Restrictions

    ...oject is a dual‐feed cracker which will produce 1.5mn t/y of ethylene and 400,000 t/y of propylene. Sadara, however, scheduled for a 2014 startup, is unlikely to be on stream before 2016 – it has not yet started building the cracker, which will take three years.   Saudi Aramco CEO Khalid al-Fa...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 51
    Published at Fri, 14 Dec 2012
  2. SABIC Strategy Tracks Demographic Trends

    ...heduled to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2014. It will produce a variety of ABS grades for the automotive and electrical appliance industries (MEES, 18 June).   Outside the kingdom, SABIC is focusing on joint projects in China. A joint venture between SABIC and Chinese state firm Si...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 51
    Published at Fri, 14 Dec 2012
  3. PTT Extends Algerian Finds

    ...dding, comprises Blocs 443a, 424a, 414xt and 415ex around 100km south east of the Bir Seba field, PTT’s other Algerian upstream interest.   Production from Bir Seba and the nearby Mouiat Oulad Messaoud field on Blocks 433a and 416b is slated for start-up at 20,000 b/d in the first half of 2014...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 51
    Published at Fri, 14 Dec 2012
  4. SWCC Awards Yanbu’ 3 Power Plant As Capacity Expansion Takes Shape

    ...at 55% of work had been done on the Ras al-Zour power and desalination project, for which contracts worth a combined SR15.7bn ($4.2bn) were awarded in November 2010. He said that electricity generation at Ras al-Zour was scheduled to start in April 2013, while desalination would begin in 2014. The Ra...

    Volume: 55
    Issue: 51
    Published at Fri, 14 Dec 2012