The Sadara Chemical Company, a joint venture with the Dow Chemical Company, represents the synergy between energy suppliers and one of the world’s leading science and technology companies. Sadara will operate a world-scale, integrated chemicals complex in Jubail Industrial City II. Jubail Industrial City is an established petrochemicals center in the Eastern Province of the Kingdom complete with an industrial port, pipeline corridors, utilities and supporting industries. In addition to supporting local demand, the complex’s strategic location makes it ideally suited to drive economic growth in fast-paced, emerging markets in Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Eastern Europe.
Full commercial operations are expected to begin in 2016. Sadara’s complex will consist of a hydrocarbon and chlorine-based facility capable of producing up to 3.2 million tons per year of diversified chemicals and plastic products. This level of productivity will allow Sadara to introduce new value chains and high-performance products throughout the Kingdom. Sadara and the adjoining value park will deliver a full range of performance products destined for the emerging markets.
By the second half of 2015, Sadara will already have begun producing plastic and chemical products that Saudi-owned companies can use to produce plastic bags, detergents and foam materials for domestic and international markets. Ultimately, Sadara will be an active contributor to Saudi Arabia’s strategy to become a hub for future downstream industrialization of chemicals and plastics.
Sadara and related investments are expected to generate substantial income for the region and thousands of direct and indirect employment opportunities. Output from Sadara’s 26 chemical processing plants will generate an estimated $10 billion in revenues within a decade of commencing operations.
Sadara currently has over 475 apprentices and 235 on-the-job trainees undergoing comprehensive manufacturing and engineering training programs in state-of-the-art centers both inside and outside Saudi Arabia. Already with an estimated 1,500 staff, Sadara will ultimately employ more than 3,000 people and contribute to an additional 15,000 non-direct employment opportunities. The value park will create more than 20,000 quality jobs, directly or indirectly, for Saudi nationals.
