Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Saudi Aramco) and China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) to assess the economic and technical feasibility of developing an integrated petrochemical complex with a local refinery in Yanbu Industrial City. The MoU is valid …
Read More »Sabic to Study Oil-to-Chemicals Project in Ras Al-Khair
Sabic, a global leader in diversified chemicals, has announced its intention to study the establishment of a complex to convert oil and liquids into petrochemicals in Ras Al-Khair in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The complex is expected to convert 400,000 barrels per day of oil into chemicals. This project, …
Read More »Saudi Arabia’s SABIC Says ExxonMobil Petrochemical JV under Commissioning
Saudi Basic Industries Corp., majority owned by Saudi Aramco, said Sept. 19 that its petrochemical joint venture with ExxonMobil near Corpus Christi, Texas, started commissioning ahead of its expected fourth-quarter start-up. The Sept. 19 confirmation follows a tour of the facility in August when the plant manager, Paul Fritsch, said …
Read More »SABIC, Saudi Aramco to Expand Scope of Oil-to-Chemicals Project
Saudi Basic Industries Corp. plans to expand the scope of its Crude Oil to Chemicals project with Saudi Aramco to include existing development programs of advancing crude to chemicals technologies as well as through integrating existing facilities, the petrochemical firm said in a statement to Tadawul. The decision came after …
Read More »Saudi Arabia Sends World-First Shipment of Blue Ammonia to Japan
Saudi Aramco, which made the announcement Sunday, produced the fuel, which it does by converting hydrocarbons into hydrogen and then ammonia, and capturing the carbon dioxide byproduct. Japan will receive 40 tons of blue ammonia in the first shipment, Aramco said. Ammonia can be burned in thermal power stations without …
Read More »Aramco Completes Its Acquisition of a 70% Stake in SABIC
Aramco on Wednesday announced the successful completion of its share acquisition of a 70 per cent stake in Saudi Basic Industries Corporation, SABIC, from the Public Investment Fund, PIF, the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia, for a total purchase price of SAR 259.125 billion (US$ 69.1 billion), equating to …
Read More »Saudi Aramco Says Acquisition of SABIC Stake on Track to Close in Second Quarter
Saudi Aramco said on Tuesday its planned acquisition of a 70% equity stake in petrochemical maker SABIC from the Public Investment Fund (PIF), the kingdom’s wealth fund, is on track to close in the second quarter. The statement by the state oil giant was made in response to a Reuters …
Read More »Aramco Seeks to Restructure $69.1 Billion Sabic Deal
Saudi Aramco is in early talks about further staggering payments for a controlling stake in local petrochemical giant Saudi Basic Industries Corp. as the collapse in oil prices puts pressure on its finances. State-owned Aramco is weighing pushing out payments for the 70% holding in the petrochemicals maker and reducing …
Read More »Will Aramco Cut Its Dividend?
It is becoming increasingly clear that the ongoing oil demand destruction, COVID-19 lockdowns and financial crisis are going to significantly impact Saudi Arabia. In a dramatic appearance, Saudi Minister of Finance, Mohammed Al Jadaan, stated that the Kingdom is going to take any measures necessary to counter the effects of …
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