Project Profile
Estimated investment: US$80 million
Location: Saudi Arabia
Manufacturing capacity: 6,000 metric tonnes of tri-ethyl aluminum
The new facility, once ready, will annually manufacture 6,000 metric tonnes of tri-ethyl aluminum, a Ziegler Natta co-catalyst used in the plastics industry. The project,a first-of-its-kind in the Middle East, aims to create a number of new jobs in Jubail area. Of this, 80 per cent will be reserved for Saudi nationals in accordance with the country\'s Saudization policy. Saudi Organometallic Chemicals Company (SOCC), a joint venture between Albemarle Netherlands and Sabic unit Specialty Chem, broke ground on its new aluminum alkyls manufacturing facility in Jubail. Samsung Engineering is in charge of the engineering, procurement, and construction of the plant.
Operator:
Saudi Organometallic Chemicals Company (SOCC), which is joint venture between:
Sabic
Albemarle
Contractor:
Samsung Engineering: EPC