Saudi Arabia group on track to complete EVA/LDPE complex in second quarter
Saudi International Petrochemical Company (Sipchem) is planning to start up three plants at its operations in Jubail, Saudi Arabia, in 2013, according to Samir al-Jishi, the company’s general manager of planning and project development.
The company, through its International Polymer Company subsidiary, expects to complete construction of a 200,000 tonnes a year (t/y) ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) and low density polyethylene (LDPE) complex in the second quarter.
“There will be a trial operation [at the complex] in the third quarter,” said Al-Jishi at the MEED Middle East Petrochemicals conference in Dubai.
The engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the facility was awarded to South Korea’s GS E&C in 2010.
Sipchem’s Gulf Advanced Cable Insulation Company subsidiary is also preparing to start up a 25,000 t/y cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) and related chemicals plant this year.
At the same time, Sipchem expects to start up a 100,000 t/y ethyl acetate/butyl acetate plant by the end of the year. The technology for the facility was provided by French petrochemicals group Rhodia.
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