Al Khobar: Saudi Butanol Company, a joint venture of local petrochemical firms, has started commercial operations at its plant in Jubail, one of the shareholders said yesterday.
The plant will have a capacity of 330,000 tonnes a year of n-butanol, a type of alcohol used to make other chemicals, and 11,000 tonnes a year of iso-butanol.
The project is owned by Saudi Kayan Petrochemical Company, Sadara Chemical Company, which is a joint venture between Saudi Aramco and The Dow Chemical Company, and Saudi Acrylic Acid Company, an affiliate of National Industrialisation Company (Tasnee) and Sahara Petrochemical Company.
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