All units at Rabigh Refining and Petrochemical to shut for 45 days in Q2-2011

06-May-10

Saudi Aramco and Sumitomo Chemicals JV- Rabigh Refining and Petrochemical Co plans to shut all units at its complex for 45 days during Q2-2011, for regular test and inspection. This is in line with company policy to shut the plant every five years for test and inspection. The firm, which caters mainly to the Saudi market and Europe and North Africa, can process 400,000 bpd of crude (19% of Saudi Arabia's total refining capacity), 18 mln tpa of refined products and 2.4 mln tpa of petrochemical products.