(plastemart) -- Saudi Kayan
Petrochemical Company expects to begin trial runs at its integrated
petrochemical steam cracker complex in the Jubail Industrial City in the third
quarter of 2010, as pre-commissioning is on schedule.
Sabic holds a 35% stake, while the privately-owned Al
Kayan Petrochemical Company owns 20%. The balance 45% is held by Saudi
shareholders following an initial public offering in 2007. The complex centers
around a steam cracker with a nameplate capacity of 1.35 mln tpa of ethylene, 550,000 tpa of propylene, 109,000 tpa of benzene, 680,000 tpa of polyethylene, 350,000 tpa of polypropylene, 535,000 tpa of ethylene glycols, 260,000
tpa of polycarbonate, and other petrochemicals from 16 plants.
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