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Saudi’s Farabi plans LAB expansion with new plant in Yanbu
23 May 2017 09:21
SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Saudi Arabia’s Farabi Petrochemical is planning to expand its production of linear alkylbenzene (LAB) and feedstock normal paraffin with the development of a new complex in the Yanbu industrial city, company sources said on Tuesday.
Farabi’s new petrochemical complex is set to produce over 600,000 tonnes/year of petrochemical products with LAB and n-paraffin production expected to account for 60-70% of that capacity.
Farabi signed a contract with developers on Monday and construction is expected to start soon while commercial operations are due in Q1 of 2020.
Output from the new facility is aimed at supplying Farabi’s existing export markets as well as domestic demand.
Farabi currently operates a LAB plant at an existing facility in Jubail, which has a nameplate capacity of 140,000 tonnes/year.
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