Sadara Joint Venture Achieves Commercialization of Entire Plastics Franchise
April 27 2017 - 7:00AM
Business Wire
World-scale Complex Starts-up Fourth Polyethylene Production
UnitIntegration, Flexibility and Product Slate Extend
Competitive Advantage in Developing Regions
The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) today announced that its
joint venture in the Middle East—Sadara Chemical Company
(Sadara)—has achieved a significant milestone with the
commercialization of Sadara’s entire plastics franchise. The
start-up of Sadara’s high-pressure low-density polyethylene plant
adds to Sadara’s mixed feed cracker and the three additional
polyethylene trains currently in operation.
“Sadara is a vital growth investment aligned to Dow’s long-term
strategy to go narrower and deeper into our core growth markets,”
said Andrew Liveris, Dow’s chairman and chief executive officer.
“The completion of this milestone positions Dow to strengthen our
global materials science franchise by capturing additional consumer
demand and extending our competitive advantage through
industry-leading integration and feedstock flexibility.”
The world-scale complex in Jubail, Saudi Arabia, continues to
make steady progress on its start-up and commercialization
activities. Sadara’s mixed feed cracker—the largest single unit at
the facility—began operations in August 2016. The first three
polyethylene production units came online in December 2015, April
2016 and September 2016, and each are reactor qualified and have
met their license warranty runs. Thirty two polyethylene products
have been qualified to date, serving more than 350 customers in 58
countries. Construction of all of Sadara’s 26 production facilities
was completed in December 2016.
“Sadara’s plastics units enable Dow to offer a
technology-differentiated portfolio in expanding economies across
Asia Pacific, India, Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East
and Africa,” said Jim Fitterling, Dow’s president and chief
operating officer. “Our customers have been eagerly anticipating
this new volume and will benefit from Sadara’s broad product
offering and close proximity to these fast-growing regions.”
The remaining units at the complex are on schedule for a
sequenced start-up throughout 2017, including ethylene oxide,
propylene oxide and their derivatives (butyl glycol ethers,
propylene glycol, amines, and polyols) and isocyanates.
Sadara is a joint venture developed by Dow and Saudi Arabian Oil
Company (Saudi Aramco). The Sadara chemical complex is the largest
of its kind ever built in a single phase. The more than three
million metric tons of performance-focused products will add new
value chains to the Kingdom’s vast petroleum reserves, resulting in
the diversification of the economy and region.
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