Project Profile
Value: part of a larger US$11 billion complex
Capacity: > 3 million tonnes a year (t/y) of naphtha
Location: West of Emirates, Al-Gharbia
Start-up Year: 2014
Indorama Ventures and Abu Dhabi National Chemicals Corporation (ChemaWEyaat) signed an agreement to establish the joint venture Abu Dhabi Chemicals Integration Company (Tacaamol) to design and build the first phase of the Madeenat ChemaWEyaat Al Gharbia (MCAG) project in the Western Region of Abu Dhabi, along the border of Saudi Arabia.
The Tacaamol project, which was initially expected to be completed in 2014, has hit several hurdles since its conception over four years ago. The aromatics complex was planned as part of a larger US$11bn complex including polyolefins, polystyrene, polycarbonate plants and several other plants. The Tacaamol project will convert more than 3 million tonnes a year (t/y) of naphtha supplied by a pipeline from Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Company’s (Takreer) refinery in Ruwais, east of the project’s site in Al-Gharbia.
Chemaweyaat plans to convert the naphtha to produce paraxylene, mixed xylenes and benzene.
According to the scope of the project for this first phase of the MCAG project, ChemaWEyaat and Indorama intends to build through their Tacaamol joint venture an aromatics plant including:
- 1.4 million tonnes per year (t/y of paraxylene (PX)
- 500,000 t/y of benzene.
- Petrochemicals export tank farm
- Export jetty and loading berths
Tacaamol Aromatics project as a first phase of the Madeenat ChemaWEyaat Al-Gharbia (MCAG) project to come on stream in 2020.
Operators:
Chemaweyaat Joint venture: Operator with 100% interest
International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC): 40% interest
Abu Dhabi Investment Council (ADIC): 40% interest
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC): 20% interest
Contractors:
Foster Wheeler: PMC contract
CH2M Hill: FEED work (September, 2013)