Petro Rabigh Start Up Delayed to Early 2009; Costs Increase

Unspecified technical hitches may delay until the first quarter of 2009 the start up of some units at Petro Rabigh, a joint venture between Saudi Aramco and Sumitomo Chemical. The delays could add $300 million to the $10-billion cost of the Petro Rabigh refining and petrochemical complex at Rabigh, Saudi Arabia. The project was 97.6% complete at the end of August, according to a Sumitomo statement. Some utilities and power facilities are already in operation, and ethane and butane pipelines are ready to receive feedstock from Aramco, the statement says...

This information is only available to Chemical Week subscribers.

Forgot your user ID or password?
Click here to have it sent to you.

Email Address First Name Last Name

Not an IHS Chemical Week 24/7 member yet? Here's why you should be: Searchable online archive access of the last 2 years of Chemical Week. Print or digital magazine subscription Price and market change alerts Economic data and statistics Buyers' Guides Webcasts | whitepapers