World's Largest Butanol Plant to be Build in Saudi Arabia

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During the past decade, Middle Eastern oil producers have ventured further and further into the downstream business. Countries like Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain or kuwait are becoming important players in petrochemicals and polymers.

Sadara's Next Move? Butanol Mega Project fits Portfolio

The Sabuco–project could not only become a major step for Saudi Arabia's industry but also a crucial portfolio expansion for Sadara. The chemical company, a joint venture of Dow and Saudi Aramco is a union of giants in itself and a clear challenge to established top dogs like Germany's BASF.

At Jubail, Sadara is currently building a fully integrated chemical park, consisting of 26 manufacturing units. This project would upon completion become the biggest process plant that was ever build in a single step. The complex will possess flexible cracking capabilities and will produce over three million metric tons of high value-added chemical products and performance plastics, Dow says.

“Enhance the National Petrochemical Industry”

The investment in the new Butanol plant should be well in line will Sadara's expansion plans. But also SAAC believes that the project could provide additional integration to its Acrylates Complex, which is the first complex of its kind in the region. “We greatly appreciate the opportunity to collaborate with SABIC/Saudi Kayan and Sadara and their trust in TASNEE to build and operate the joint butanol plant on behalf of the partners. We can jointly benefit from the economies of scales which will enhance our national petrochemical industries’ competitiveness in the world,” stated chairman Al-Nazha.

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