
polycarbonate
Chemistry that matters Based in Ryadh, Saudi Arabia, SABIC stands for the Saudi Basic Industries Corporation, one of the largest petrochemical companies in the world with 40,000 employees running operations in 40 countries. SABIC was established in 1976 by Royal Decree to develop the downstream industries in Saudi Arabia while Saudi Aramco was focusing on the […]
Sabic expands Kayan complex into strategic chemicals Saudi Kayan (Kayan) is an affiliate of Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) to run and operate one of the largest petrochemical complex in the world located in the Jubail Industrial City. Sabic designed it to reduce Saudi economy reliance on crude oil in bringing up to the market high added […]
Saudi Kayan, Sabic, Saudi Aramco, Dow, Sahara and Tasnee aligned to tender EPC Contract In January 2011, Saudi Kayan Petrochemical had signed a deal for equal partnership to build a new n-butanol (NBA) plant at Al Jubail Industrial City. The deal was signed between Saudi Kayan, Saudi Acrylic Acid Co (SAAC) and Sadara, the Saudi Aramco-Dow […]
When the USA, led by companies like ExxonMobil or Chesapeake, decided to boost the development of shale gas, the world perceived it as a local matter to help this country to reduce its reliance on overseas production countries. Then in 2011, the USA have become already self sufficient in gas, much faster than expected. Until then, […]
Definition: “Polycarbonate” name comes from a polymer based on combination of carbonate groups (–O–(C=O)–O–). Comments: Polycarbonate is issued from the Aromatics family as produced out of Bisphenol A. Most of the polycarbonates are derived from rigid monomers. A balance of useful features including temperature resistance, impact resistance and optical properties position polycarbonates. The polycarbonates are between commodity plastics and […]
Sinopec and Sabic have decided to extend their co-operation with this major Polycarbonate complex to be built in the Tianjin Binhai New Area, China In October 2009, Sinopec and Sabic had created a 50/50 shared joined venture, called Sinopec SABIC Tianjin Petrochemical Company (SSTPC), for a 1 million t/y Ethylene cracker which went into production in January 2010. […]
Definition: “Propylene” is the common name given to the Propene. It is a gas, not to be confused with the Propane. Propylene may also be called Methylethylene. Comments: From process perspective, the Propylene is a byproduct as produced in parallel of the Ethylene during the cracking operations in the steam cracker as shown in the flowchart above. […]