GPCA '10: Saudi Aramco to introduce new petchems to Mideast
08 December 2010 10:29 [Source: ICIS news]
DUBAI (ICIS)--State oil firm Saudi Aramco could soon introduce a host of new petrochemical products which have not been produced in the
The company was expected to soon announce its Phase II expansion plans for its PetroRabigh JV as well as another petrochemicals project with US-based Dow Chemical, Khalid Al-Falih said on Wednesday at the GPCA forum.
New products from the two projects would include metallocene-based elastomers, glycol ethers, methyl methacrylate (MMA), polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), nylon and EP rubber, Al-Falih said.
Rabigh Refining and Petrochemical Co (PetroRabigh) is a JV between state-owned Saudi Aramco and
Its complex in
The PetroRabigh complex was part of the company's plans to build refinery-based petrochemical complexes across
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