15/12/2009
KHOBAR, Saudi Arabia, Dec 15, 2009
Saudi Kayan Petrochemicals Co said on Tuesday it expects to start operating the main units of its giant petrochemical complex in Jubail in the second half of 2010.
Kayan, a unit of Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC), has completed on average around 95 percent of the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) work at the complex, Mutlaq al-Morished, Kayan's chairman was quoted as saying in a statement on the Saudi bourse website.
The project will have an annual production capacity of 6 million tonnes of petrochemicals including ethylene, propylene and ethylene glycol from 16 plants.
Kayan received on Monday fuel gas from Saudi Aramco to start trial operations at its utilities, it said in the statement, reports Reuters.
