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Petro Rabigh had delayed the phase 2 project and is planning to start up all the remaining units by Q2 2017. Initially the company had planned to start the units by end 2016.
The delay in these plants is due to the construction market challenges.
To feed the upcoming units, Petro Rabigh raised the gas processing capacities of its existing cracker by 30 MMcf/d to 125 MMcf/d. The cracker can now produce 1.6 million mt/year of ethylene, up from 1.3 million mt/year, and is currently functional.
