Sharq to start up new cracker complex in mid-2008

15 March 2007 04:16  [Source: ICIS news]

SINGAPORE (ICIS news)--Eastern Petrochemical (Sharq) is expected to start up a new cracker and derivative plants at Al-Jubail, Saudi Arabia, in mid-2008, industry sources said on Thursday.

The new facilities include a 1.3m tonne/year cracker, a 700,000 tonne/year monoethylene glycol (MEG) unit, a 400,000 tonne/year linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) unit and a 400,000 tonne/year high density PE (HDPE) plant.

Sharq, a 50:50 joint venture between Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC) and SPDC, a Japanese consortium headed by Mitsubishi Corp and Mitsubishi Chemical, currently operates a 1.3m tonne/year cracker and a 750,000 tonne/year LLDPE plant at Al-Jubail.

By: Chow Bee Lin
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