MOSCOW (MRC) -- Saudi International Petrochemical Co. (SIPCHEM) today reported net profit of SR473.8 million for the nine months ended September 30 this year, representing 11.82% increase over the same period of last year, said Gulfbase.
The increase in net profit during nine months of 2014 is due to increase in some of company’s products prices.
Earnings per share was SR 1.29 compared with SR 1.15 per share for the same period last year.
SIPCHEM operating profit increased by 13.5% to SR 917 million during first nine months of year 2014 compared to SR 808 million of the same period last year.
SIPCHEM said it has registered a net profit of SR160.6 million in the third quarter 2014 compared to a net profit of SR 185.2 million in the same period last year, reflecting a decrease of 13.28%. Decrease in Net profit is due to decrease in production quantities and accordingly sales quantities due to unplanned shutdown of Methanol plant and planned shutdown of Butandiol plant during the third quarter of current year which was announced in TADAWUL site on 24-07-2014 and 31-08-2014 in addition to the increase in feedstock prices (Butane and Ethylene).
As MRC wrote before, in late 2013, Saudi International Petrochemical Co. (SIPCHEM) said it expects to sign a share-swap merger agreement with Sahara (SPC) Petrochemicals Co. in the first half of 2014, seeking to create a company with about USD5 billion in market value.
Established in 1999, Saudi International Petrochemical Company (Sipchem) manufactures and markets methanol, butanediol, tetrahydrofuran, acetic acid, acetic anhydride, vinyl acetate monomer. Besides, it has launched several down-stream projects to manufacture ethylene vinyl acetate, low density polyethylene, ethyl acetate, butyl acetate, cross linkable polyethylene, and semi conductive compound that are scheduled to start in 2013.
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