Al-JUBAIL, Saudi Arabia - Saturday,
April 13th 2013 [ME NewsWire]
(BUSINESS WIRE/ME
NewsWire)-- Petrochemical Conversion Company Ltd. (PCC) announced the
successful transport of four process modules to the Port of Jubail in the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the company’s new world-scale nylon 6,6 plant in
Al-Jubail. The nylon 6,6 plant, part of PCC’s Nylon and Downstream Conversions
Project, is expected to start up in late 2013, and will be the first such
project in Saudi Arabia.
The process modules, constructed
offshore then transported to Saudi Arabia, weigh nearly 3,000 metric tons. The
two largest modules have been transported to PCC’s project site, with the
remaining modules delivered to the site by mid-April. "Building the equipment
in modules significantly accelerated project execution,” said Paul Aegerter,
PCC’s general venture manager. "We will now focus on successfully installing
the equipment safely and commencing commercial operation.”
The project, which includes a nylon
6,6 plant, a nylon compounding plant, and various polymer conversion plants,
will have the capacity to produce 50,000 metric tons per year of nylon 6,6,
20,000 metric tons per year of nylon compound, and 120,000 metric tons per year
of converted products. The plants will make a wide-range of end-use products
expected to include high-performance polyethylene pipe, drip irrigation
products, medical disposables, complex caps and closures, pharmaceutical
packaging products, electrical fittings and automotive parts.
PCC was formed in 2011 and is owned
50 percent by SIIG and 50 percent by Arabian Chevron Phillips Petrochemical
Company Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chevron Phillips Chemical Company
LLC.
Contacts
Petrochemical Conversion Company,
Ltd.
Abdulla Abahusain, +966 3 356 4100
a.abahusain@saudipcc.com
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
Melanie Samuelson, 1-832-813-4651
samuem@cpchem.com
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