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Related Keywords: largest ethylene producer, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia, 3rd largest producer of ethylene after USA and China, with 17 million tons annually in 2016 and US$ 17 billion average sales per year.

Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) comes in the second place in the global ethylene capacity, with more than 13 million tons per year, producing about 11 million tons annually in the Kingdom through its branches in the Jubail and Yanbu industrial cities as well as its joint ventures for the production of ethylene in China, the UK, and the Netherlands.

Related Keywords: delays project, Petro Rabigh, Saudi Arabia

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.

Related Keywords: Albini Group, Aldo Pienzi, Andrei Guitchounts, Christian Dior SE, Egyptian cotton, Egyptian farmers, Hermes International, International cotton advisory committee, Kuwait, President Hosni Mubarak, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates

Egyptian cotton lauded for its soft texture and durability has been used to produce some of the world’s premium linen and clothing for over two centuries is presently facing a serious decline in its cotton production due to the ongoing political turmoil in Egypt.