Acetex Methanol and Acetiles Plant, Saudi Arabia
Key Data:
Plant Owner
Tasnee Petrochemicals, Acetex Corporation
Partners
Tasnee Petrochemicals, Acetex Corporation, Al-Olayan Financing of Saudi Arabia, Gulf Investment Corporation of Kuwait, National Industries Group of Kuwait,
Saudi Pharmaceutical and Medical Appliances Co, National Petrochemical Industrialization Company
Plant Location
Industrial City of Al Jubail
Products
Methanol, acetic acid, VAM
Plant Start-Up
2007
Financial
Tasnee Petrochemicals, National Petrochemical Industrialization Company
Feedstock
Natural gas provided by Saudi Aramco
Contractor
Acetex Co, Lurgi, Technip
Output
500,000t of acetic acid, 1.8 million tonnes of methanol and 275,000t of vinyl acetate monomer (VAM)
