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Saudi Polymers nears start-up of new cracker complex – CPChem

ICIS News : 24-Jul-12 11:37

LONDON (ICIS)--Saudi Polymers will start up its new cracker and polymers project in Al-Jubail, Saudi Arabia, “in the very near future”, Dennis Holtermann, vice president for research and technology at Chevron Phillips Chemical (CPChem), said late on Monday.

“Mechanical completion was achieved late last year and we’re in the process of starting all the units up,” he said, without providing further details on the timing.

Saudi Polymers, which is 35% owned by CPChem subsidiary Arabian Chevron Phillips Petrochemical (ACP) and 65% by Saudi Arabia's National Petrochemical (Petrochem), had planned for a first quarter start-up.

The project includes capacities for 1.165m tonnes/year of ethylene, 440,000 tonnes/year of propylene, 1.1m tonnes/year of polyethylene (PE), 400,000 tonnes/year of polypropylene (PP), 200,000 tonnes/year of polystyrene (PS) and 100,000 tonnes/year of 1-hexene.

By Anna Jagger
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