Aramco and TotalEnergies awarded Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contracts for the USD 11bn “Amiral” complex, a future world-scale petrochemicals facility expansion at the SATORP refinery in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The award of EPC contracts for main process units and associated utilities marks the start of construction work on the joint petrochemical expansion. Integrated with the existing SATORP refinery in Jubail, the new complex aims to house one of the largest mixed-load steam crackers in the Gulf, with a capacity to produce 1,650 kilotons per annum of ethylene and other industrial gases.
This expansion is expected to attract more than USD 4bn in additional investment in a variety of industrial sectors, including carbon fibers, lubes, drilling fluids, detergents, food additives, automotive parts and tires.
