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    Saudi Arabia invests US$530 million in butanol plant to start commercial operations

    • Last Update: 2022-02-28
    • Source: Internet
    • Author: User
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    According to a report from Gulf News website on March 27 by Al Khobar, one of the shareholders stated on the 27th that a joint venture established by a local petrochemical company Saudi Butanol Company (SABUCO) has recently started the business of its butanol plant in Jubail.
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    The project, which was estimated to cost about 2 billion riyals ($533 million) when it was announced in 2012, was expected to be put into operation in the first quarter of 2015
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    This new butanol plant will have an annual production capacity of 330,000 tons of n-butanol and 11,000 tons of isobutanol
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    N-Butanol is a type of ethanol used to make other chemicals
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    The owners of this project are Sadala Chemical Company and Saudi Acrylic Acid Company (SAAC), a joint venture between Saudi Kayan Petrochemical Company, Saudi Arabian National Petroleum Company and Dow Chemical Company
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    SAAC is a branch company established by Saudi National Industrialization Corporation and Sahara Petrochemical Corporation
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