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According to media report, National Petrochemical Company (Petrochem) has taken its subsidiary petrochemical plant in Al-Jubail – Saudi Polymers off stream for a periodic maintenance shutdown on 1 October 2016. The plant is expected to remain offline for 60 days, the source added.

The plant consists of a gas based steam cracker, which produces 1.22 million ton/year of ethylene and 440,000 ton/year of propylene. The complex also accommodate a 1.1 million ton/year HDPE/LLDPE swing plant, a 400,000 ton/year PP plant, a 100,000 ton/year GPPS and 100,000 ton/year HIPS units, as well as a 100,000 ton/year hexane-1 unit.