Germany’s Linde Group has been awarded the package to supply hydrogen and other gases to the $20bn Sadara Chemical Company complex being built at Jubail in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.

Under the terms of the agreement, Linde will provide carbon monoxide, hydrogen and ammonia to the Sadara plant. Construction will take three years, with the plant coming on stream in 2015.   

The plant will be built on a build, own, operate and transfer basis and will be self-financed by Linde, with the company investing $380m into the scheme. This model is also known as ‘over the fence’ and is fast becoming the accepted way to build gas plants in the Middle East. 

MEED reported in early March that Linde was the frontrunner for the project.

The 50:50 joint venture partners behind the Sadara complex are Saudi Aramco and Dow Chemical. The plant is the largest single phase petrochemicals complex ever constructed and will produce more than 3 million tonnes a year of speciality chemicals when completed.