Approximately SR255 billion ($68 billion) is the capital investment for all industries in Jubail-1 including those under construction, design or expansion, the Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu has said.

Total investment covering industries, residential and commercial establishments and infrastructure came to SR331 billion.

There are 22 primary companies, 27 secondary companies and 160 support and light manufacturing companies already operating in Jubail.

Establishments under construction are 5 operating in the primary sector, three in the secondary and 75 in support and light manufacturing.

Companies under design are three in the primary sector, six (secondary) and 45 (support and light manufacturing).
There are 18 companies that are expanding their facilities - seven primary, five secondary and six in support and light manufacturing.

Production of petrochemicals amounts to 64 million tonnes per year (tpy) in the primary sector and 1.8 million tpy in the secondary sector.

Steel output was 10 million tpy in the primary sector. Some 500,000 tpy of steel products were produced in the secondary sector.

The primary sector produced 15.5 million tpy of refined products. The secondary sector produced 192,000 tpy of float glass.
 
Jubail-1 produces 7 per cent of the world's petrochemcals, contributes 11.5 per cent of the kingdom's non-oil GDP and creates 85 per cent of the kingdom's non-oil exports.

It has attracted over half of the kingdom's total foreign investment.

According to the Royal Commission, sites have been allocated for 7 companies in the first stage of Jubail-2, three in the second stage and four in the third stage. 

Yanbu
Companies operating in Yanbu Industrial City have invested around SR81 billion, figures released by the Royal Commission at Yanbu show.

Petrochemical companies invested the most, SR41.4 billion, with the petroleum refining sector taking second place at SR22.7 billion. A sector classified as the chemical industry was shown as having invested SR3.6 billion. Investments of SR3.7 billion were made by the textile and carpet sector while the contribution of utilities and treatment facilities was SR2.6 billion, according to the statistics.

The Royal Commission at Yanbu said the value of goods moved out of the city during 2007 and 2008 by the overland route was more than 5.15 million tonnes. The figure excludes crude oil, petroleum products and NGL which it said were shipped out by sea. It did not say how much was moved out by sea.

During 2009 and 2010 the total outbound volume generated by Yanbu Industrial City is expected to reach 10.32 million tonnes excluding crude oil, natural gas and petroleum products, the Royal Commission said. The figure includes 5.60 million tonnes of petrochemical products and 1.46 million tonnes of minerals/steel.

The latest factory to be opened in Yanbu is Jotun Paints.

In Yanbu Industrial City's second phase (Yanbu-2) there are seven industries in operation. These factories have totally invested SR3.93 billion with petroleum refining companies contributing SR1.43 billion to the total.

The Royal Commission is working on an infrastructure upgrade in Yanbu-1. Projects costing over SR3 billion are under construction and more than SR1.6 billion worth of contracts will be awarded in the very near future.

Major infrastructure projects in Yanbu-2 that are under construction include high voltage transmission lines and substations and primary and secondary roads. The cost of projects under construction is more than SR1.6 billion.