2 September 2013
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Saudi Hydrogen Peroxide Company,
a newly created joint venture betwee
Sadara Chemical Company (Sadara) and
the Solvay Group (Solvay),
has begun constructing one of the world's largest
hydrogen peroxide (HP) plants in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The mega plant is being built at
Sadara's chemical complex in Jubail industrial City
with a planned capacity exceeding 300,000 tons per year
and a planned start up in 2015.
Hydrogen Peroxide --->Propylene oxide ---> Polyols and Propylene Glycol
Sadara will use output from the plant as a raw material for
the Hydrogen Peroxide to Propylene oixde (HPPO) manufacturing plant
on its site, thereby supporting its propylene oxide (PO) derivative units
that produce polyols and propylene glycol.
Solvay : 3rd Mega Hydrogen Peroxide Plant
- The mega HP plant in Saudi Arabia will be its
third joint venture mega HP plant following
* the 230,000 MT/year plant in Antwerp, Belgium,
a joint venture with Dow Chemical and BASF
* the 330,000 MT/year plant in Map Ta Phut, Rayong, Thailand,
a jont venture with Dow Chemical.
Sadara,
Ziad Al-Labban, CEO
- We are delighted to be partnering with Solvay to build this world scale plant
to feed our PO, PO derivatives and Polyurethane business.
- The partnership will provide us with a stable and reliable supply of
a key raw material which is critical to
support our Polyurethane-based customers and
downstream value chains.
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