Saudi Arabia’s Advanced restarts PDH, PP plants at Jubail
by ChemOrbis Editorial Team - content@chemorbis.com
According to market sources, Saudi Arabia’s Advanced Petrochemical restarted its propane dehydrogenation (PDH) and PP units on March 23 following a three week maintenance. The plants have production capacities of 455,000 tons/year and 450,000 tons/year, respectively.
Sources also reported that the company is currently conducting a debottlenecking project to increase its PP production to more than 500,000 tons/year, which is slated to be completed by the middle of this year.
Sources also reported that the company is currently conducting a debottlenecking project to increase its PP production to more than 500,000 tons/year, which is slated to be completed by the middle of this year.
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