Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, King of Saudi Arabia, and China President Xi Jinping jointly inaugurated the Yanbu Aramco Sinopec Refining Company (YASREF) Refinery during the premier’s visit to the Kingdom last week
Petrochemicals
Sadara brings specialty chemicals to the fore
Sadara Chemical Company sponsored and participated in the GPCA PlastiCon 2016, showcasing its suite of performance chemicals and plastics products
Kuwait’s PIC acquires equity in South Korea venture
Kuwait’s Petrochemicals Industries Co (PIC) is said to have paid US$100mn for the minority share in South Korea’s SK Advanced
Emerson signs tech deal for Egypt’s petchem project, to acquire stake
Emerson Process Management has been selected to provide automation and reliability technologies and services for Carbon Holdings’ Tahrir Petrochemicals Project at Ain Sokhna, Egypt
KSA’s Sadara starts first solution PE plant in Middle East
Saudi Arabia’s Sadara, world’s largest chemical complex to be built in a single phase, has successfully started its first production plant, moving on schedule from the construction to the operational phase