Sabic unit lets PP plant construction contract

June 27, 2006
Sabic unit Saudi European Petrochemical Co. has awarded Samsung Engineering a contract to construct a 500,000 tonne/year polypropylene plant at SEPC's Ibn Zahr complex in Al-Jubail.

By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, June 27 -- Saudi European Petrochemical Co., (SEPC), a unit of Saudi Basic Industries Corp., has awarded Samsung Engineering Co. Ltd., Seoul, a contract to construct a 500,000 tonne/year polypropylene (PP) plant at SEPC's Ibn Zahr complex in Al-Jubail, Saudi Arabia. The addition will nearly double the plant's current capacity (OGJ, Aug. 22, 2005, Newsletter).

The additional capacity is expected to come on stream by third quarter 2008, SEPC said.

Aker Kvaerner ASA is providing project management and basic engineering services for the PP expansion, associated utilities, and offsite facilities. This is the third PP plant being built at Ibn Zahr.