Sadara complex is 98% complete, says Saudi Aramco

18/02/2016 Argaam

The state-owned oil company, Saudi Aramco, said that the $20 billion Sadara petrochemical complex in Jubail is 98 percent complete and it is expected to launch full operations by 2017.

 

Sadara’s first manufacturing unit, a polyethylene plant, has already started production in December 2015.

 

Sadara is 65 percent owned by Saudi Aramco and 35 percent by American- Dow Chemicals, according to data compiled by Argaam.

 

The complex, consisting of 26 manufacturing units, is considered to be the world’s largest complex to be built in a single phase.

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