Saudi Arabia's Advanced Petrochemical Company will raise the production capacity of its polypropylene plant in Jubail to more than 500,000 mtpa, from the current 450,000 mtpa, by mid-2105, as per a company source in Platts. A debottlenecking project is currently on at the Advanced petrochemicals complex. Advanced has begun sourcing additional feedstock propylene to run its PP plant with the expanded capacity, the source added. The company inked an agreement with Jubail-based Satorp -- the joint venture between Saudi Aramco and Total Refining and Petrochemicals -- in August 2013 for supplies of 50,000 mt/year of propylene. Satorp has already begun supplying propylene to Advanced. Satorp produces 200,000 m tpa of polymer grade propylene and various aromatics at its refining and petrochemicals complex in Jubail.
06-Oct-14 
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