MOSCOW (MRC) -- Saudi Arabia's Advanced Petrochemical plans to shut its propylene and polypropylene plant in March for three weeks for scheduled maintenance, as per TradeArabia.
The plant, in Jubail on the Gulf coast of Saudi Arabia, will go offline on March 1, it said in a bourse statement, adding that any impact from the shutdown would be reflected in the first quarter.
As MRC reported earlier, in early February 2015, Advanced Petrochemical Company announced the signing of long-term off-take agreements on January 29, 2015 for the sale of Polypropylene with Mitsubishi Corporation of Japan (150,000 metric ton per annum) and Domo Investment Group of Belgium (100,000 metric ton per annum), to be effective from January 1, 2019 for a period of ten years after the expiry of existing off-take agreements.
Advanced Petrochemical Company (before Advanced Polypropylene) is a Saudi Joint Stock Company, established in October 2005. The company was initially launched by National Polypropylene Limited, jointly owned by Mr. Khalifa Al Mulhim, the chief executive officer of Advanced, and Mr. Monther Laheeq, who negotiated all the main deals related to the project, either before or after the establishment of Advanced Petrochemical. Currently, National Polypropylene Limited controls 7.9% of Advanced Petrochemical. Advanced Petrochemical started the construction of its plants in May 2005. The company produces 455,000 tons per year of propylene and 450,000 tons per year of polypropylene from its production facility located in Jubail Industrial City, in the Eastern coast of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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