Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) has signed an agreement with Lurgi to produce oleochemicals in Jubail, Saudi Arabia.
The new production line, being built by SABIC's affiliate Saudi Kayan Petrochemical Company, will use renewable feedstock technology based on natural raw materials from renewable oils.
The facility will be completed by end 2013 and is expected to annually produce 83,000t of distilled natural alcohols of various compositions, according to arabnews.com.
The plant will include an upstream natural acid unit, a wax-ester unit, a hydrogenation unit, a downstream natural alcohol fractionation and distillation line and a complete glycerin line.
The products will be used in plasticisers, lubricant additives, plastic industries, cosmetics and personal care products.
