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70pc WORK COMPLETED

Al Falih .... Sadara is one of the world's largest and most complicated engineering projects

Sadara petchem project to be operational in 2015

RIYADH, October 18, 2014

Saudi Aramco, the world's biggest oil producer, said work on Sadara petrochemical company, its joint venture with Dow Chemical Company in Jubail industrial area, is progressing well and the complex would be operational next year.

Considerable progress has been made at the complex with 70 per cent of the work already completed, reported the Arab News, citing a top official of Saudi Aramco.

"The Sadara project in Jubail is one of the largest and most complicated engineering projects in the world so far and is one of its kind," remarked Khalid Al Falih, the CEO of Saudi Aramco.

"Although there is now a little way to go, it is important to work slowly and at a steady pace to ensure the success of the project. This requires greater determination and a higher level of co-operation from all the partners in the project," he stated.

Al Falih pointed out that upon completion, the project would have used more than 160,000 tonnes of steel and a million cubic volumes of concrete, enough to build three causeways the size of the King Fahd Causeway, which connects Bahrain.

Also, a length of 2,500 km of pipes have been used, which is twice the distance from Jeddah to Jubail, he added.




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