Total, Aramco plan mixed-feed cracker

KHOBAR, July 5, 2017 – Total and Saudi Aramco are planning a greenfield mixed-feed cracker and derivative project in Jubail, international media reported on Tuesday.

The Amiral project would consist of a 1.5-million-tpy cracker, built next to Total and Aramco’s SATORP Refinery. Feedstock would be delivered from the latter facility as well as from the Sadara Chemical Complex, a facility run through a joint venture between Saudi Aramco and Dow Chemicals.

“It is consistent with our strategy of investing in our major integrated refining and chemicals platform and capitalizing on advantaged feedstock,” a Total spokeswoman said in comments to Reuters.

Sources familiar with the project have estimated total costs to be between USD 3 billion and USD 5 billion.

An anonymous source told the agency that a tender had been dropped for pre-FEED work, with an award scheduled to be made in Q2 2019.

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