Sadara Petrochemical Project

Summary Information

• Ownership: Saudi Aramco / Dow chemical
• Website: https://sadara.com/
• Wikipage: Sadara Petrochemical Complex
• Location: Jubail Industrial City, Saudi Arabia

The Project

• Description: Sadara is the world’s largest integrated chemicals complex built in a single phase, including 26 integrated world-scale manufacturing units.
• Constructor:
  • Técnicas Reunidas: engineering, procurement, construction and start up for ethylene oxide, propylene glycol, polyols, ethanol amines, ethylene amines, butyl glycol ether plants and the related auxiliary and control facilities
  • KBR:
    • integrated PMT (IPMT) and undertook the role of the Coordinating PMC (CPMC)
    • FEED contractor for the Aromatics unit; the Ethylene Oxide and Derivative units (Chem III); Propylene Oxide and its Derivative units (Chem III); Isocyanate (Chem III – PMDI and TDI) units and Leveraged Assets.
• Licensors:

Production Units

• Mixed feed steam cracker
• Aromatics unit;
• Ethylene Oxide and Derivative units (Chem III)
• Propylene Oxide and its Derivative units (Chem III)
• Isocyanate (Chem III – PMDI and TDI) units

Raw Materials Supply

• Naphta is supplied by Sartorp Jubail Refinery

Products Produced

• Olefins, polyethylene, ethylene oxide, butyl glycol, amines, propylene oxide, propylene glycol, polyols, isocyanates

Other Information

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History

• 2012 - Linde awarded contract for carbon monoxide (CO), hydrogen (H2) and ammonia (NH3)
• 2017 - The last of the plant was commissioned

Links

1. Técnicas Reunidas, Sadara Project
2. Linde to construct on-site plants for Sadara's major chemical complex in Saudi Arabia
3. Sadara, the world’s largest chemicals complex built in a single phase, commemorates commissioning of all 26 plants