Saudi Kayan Petrochemical, a unit of Saudi Basic Industries Corp, will begin production in 2010, Sabic's chief executive said on Monday.

'The Kayan complex will start production by 2010... the Kayan complex contains 16 plants, some of them will start production in 2010 and others will follow in 2011... this is a giant complex,' Mohammed al-Mady told Reuters on the sidelines of a conference in Dubai.

The project will have an annual production capacity of 6 million tonnes petrochemicals including ethylene, propylene and ethylene glycol. – Reuters