Korean firm awarded Sipchem contract
KSA engineering, design and construction projects to be delivered Q2, 2013
The Saudi International Petrochemicals Company (Sipchem) has awarded a contract to build its new Ethyl Acetate Plant in Jubail Industrial City, based in Saudi Arabia. The new facility, with a planned annual capacity of 100,000 metric tons of ethyl acetate and butyl acetate, will be built by Korean firm eTec Engineering and Construction and wholly owned by Sipchem.
Technology will be supplied by French firm Rhodia, according to a deal finalised in August of last year.
Chemicals produced at the facility will be used for industrial solvents, inks and granules for surface coatings, according to the firm.
The plant will provide enough EA and BA to meet both domestic and international needs.
The expansion is part of Sipchem’s growth in downstream products in full integration with its current products portfolio.
