Mohamed Al-Mady, Sabic vice chairman and CEO, recently conducted a tour of inspection at Sabic affiliates Saudi Yanbu Petrochemical Company (Yanpet), the Arabian Industrial Fibres Company (Ibn Rushd) and National Gas Industrial Gases (Gas).

Also in his inspection itinerary was Sabic’s newest affiliate, the Yanbu National Petrochemical Company (Yansab) and its construction work, which is well underway and incorporates the latest world-class technologies.  Work at Yansab is expected to be completed by the end of this year.
Al-Mady explained that the Yansab complex would add a total annual capacity exceeding four million tonnes of petrochemical products, including 1.3 million tonnes of ethylene, 400,000 tonnes of propylene, 900,000 tonnes of polyethylene, 400,000 tonnes of polypropylene and 770,000 tonnes of ethylene glycol in addition to 250,000 tonnes of benzene, xylene and toluene mixtures and 100,000 tonnes of  butene-1 and butene-2.