Project Profile
Value: US$9,100 million
Start-up Year: 2017
Location: Rabigh, Saudi Arabia
Phase 2 ethane gas processing capacity: 125 MMcfd (March 2016)
PetroRabigh Refinery – Phase One:
Saudi Aramco and Japan\'s Sumitomo Chemical agreed to form a joint venture to develop the petrochemical complex in Rabigh. The joint venture is named PetroRabigh.
The existing topping refinery was modified to include a vacuum distillation unit, vacuum gas oil hydro treating unit and alkylation/isomerisation unit.
The complex was completed and inaugurated on 8 November 2009 and has total output of 18.4mtpa of high value petroleum-based products and 2.4mtpa of ethylene and propylene-based derivatives.
Contractors for the Phase one development were:
Foster Wheeler Arabia – EPC for Offsites and Utilities
PMC
Kentz
Foster Wheeler Arabia
The Second Phase:
A feasibility study for phase two of the project has been conducted. The phase two work will be completed by the third quarter of 2014.
The phase two of the project involves the expansion of the existing ethane cracker and aromatics complex, and the construction of at least 15 downstream chemical production plants.
Operators of both Phases of the refinery project:
Sumitomo Chemical: 37.5% interest in Petro Rabigh
Saudi Aramco: 37.5% interest in Petro Rabigh
Public Investors: 25% is owned by public investors.
Contractors for the second phase include:
JGC: FEED and PMC contract
JGC Gulf International: EPC servies to expand the facilities
KBR: FEED contract
Jacobs: General Engineering Services
GS Engineering & Construction: EPC contract
Metso: to supply rotary and globe valves and Jamesbury valves
Saipem: EPC contract
Petrofac:EPC contract to build two units under a utilities and offsites contract
Yokogawa Saudi Arabia: Process control system supplier