Following the successful start-up of Lotte Daesan's mono-ethylene glycol (MEG) plant in Korea in May 2008, the second plant to license the Shell Global Solutions OMEGA (Only Mono-Ethylene Glycol Advanced) process has successfully started up in Saudi Arabia. The 600,000 tpa MEG plant owned by Petro Rabigh came onstream in April 2009. The MEG plant forms part of a state-of-the-art mega refining and petrochemical complex recently constructed at the Red Sea town of Rabigh, one hour's drive north of Jeddah.
The start-up was a success, with the MEG product on specification and the plant reaching full load. The next OMEGA plant due to come onstream is Shell's own Shell Eastern Petrochemicals Complex in Singapore in 2009/2010. When complete, the 750,000 tpa plant will be the world's largest OMEGA plant.
03-Jun-09 
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