Sadara Chemical Company (Sadara), a joint venture between Saudi Aramco and Dow, awarded Fluor Corporation a reimbursable engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract for all of the utilities and offsites at the al-Jubail chemical complex in Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Aramco awarded contracts at the planned 400,000 bpd Yanbu refinery in Saudi Arabia to companies including Tecnicas, Reunidas SA and Daelim Industrial Co.

Saudi Aramco and Dow have agreed to the formation of a joint venture (JV) to build and operate a world-scale, fully integrated chemicals complex at a cost of US$20 billion to be located in Jubail Industrial City, Saudi Arabia.

Petro Rabigh, the joint venture between Saudi Aramco and Sumitomo Chemical, has moved to the next round of its phase 2 expansion which includes a new aromatics facility and a number of value-added derivatives.