Petro Rabigh Completes Phase -2 Project

Saudi Arabia’s Rabigh Refining and Petrochemical Company (Petro Rabigh) has completed the mechanical works for the Rabigh Phase II ethane cracker expansion project, raising the cracker’s production capacity from 1.3 million metric tonne per annum to 1.6 million metric tonne per annum, the company announced Wednesday.

The company said it completed the mechanical works to expand the ethane processing capacity by an additional 30 million standard cubic feet per day (MMSSCFD), thereby increasing the unit’s ethane gas processing capacity from 95 MMSCFD to 125 MMSCFD.