1. Sabic And Exxon Start First Saudi Elastomers Plant

    ...astomers capacity in 2016 or early 2017. The 50/50 Kemya JV was established between Sabic and ExxonMobil’s Exxon Chemical Arabia affiliate in 1980 and began producing polyethylene in 1984. Kemya currently produces 700,000 t/y of ethylene and 1.1mn t/y of polyethylene for sale in the domestic, regional an...

    Volume: 58
    Issue: 51
    Published at Fri, 18 Dec 2015
  2. Bahrain Signals Start Of Sitra Refinery Expansion, Targets 2020 Start-Up

    ...finery. Bapco and Saudi Aramco awarded $300mn of EPC contracts for the pipeline recently, for completion in late 2017/early 2018 (MEES, 25 September). SITRA BY NUMBERS Sitra refinery currently receives crude through an ageing 230,000 b/d pipeline, which is due to be shut down in 2018, from Dhahran in...

    Volume: 58
    Issue: 51
    Published at Fri, 18 Dec 2015