FLOUR awarded US$2.2 bln contract to build Saudi Kayan's petrochem complex

30-Nov-06

of Saudi Kayan's petrochemical complex in Al-Jubail. The project, a joint venture between Saudi Basic Industries Corp and Al-Kayan, is to be completed by December 2009. The contract is for engineering, procurement services and construction management in addition to offsite facilities at the complex. Feedstock of ethane and butane will be supplied by Saudi Aramco to the plant. This project will utilize 17 licensed technologies and will produce both specialty amine derivatives and polycarbonates for the first time in Saudi Arabia. Production capacity at the complex will include ethane, butane, benzene, polyethylene, ethylene glycol, polycarbonate, methylamine, ethanolamine, ethoxylate, etc.