Sadara said to start up new plants this year

Sadara Chemical is set to start up new plants throughout this year, seeking to focus on producing high-value specialty products for its customers, said Mohammad Al-Azzaz, Director of the Value Parks Department, at the GPCA Plasticon event in Dubai.

Sadara’s 26 manufacturing assets in Jubail are slated for a sequenced start-up process, with the polyolefins at the beginning, to be followed by ethylene oxide/propylene oxide (EO/PO) and their derivatives, with the polyurethanes portfolio in the final phase. 

Last December, Sadara said it started a linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) plant at its Jubail complex in Saudi Arabia, according to a report by ICIS.

Jubail-based Sadara Basic Services Co. is 100 percent owned by Sadara Chemical Company, which is a JV between Saudi Aramco (65 percent) and Dow Chemical Co. (35 percent).