Yanbu National Petrochemical Company

Yansab is the most recent SABIC, (Saudi Basic Industries Corp), affiliate in Saudi Arabia, and will be the largest Sabic petrochemical complex. It will have an annual capacity exceeding 4 million metric tons (MT) of petrochemical products including: 1.3 million MT (metric-tons) of ethylene; 400,000 MT of propylene; 900,000 MT of polyethylene; 400,000 MT of polypropylene; 700,000 MT of ethylene glycol; 250,000 MT of benzene, xylene and toluene, and 100,000 MT of butene-1 and butene-2.Yansab is expected to employ 1,500 people in phase I and phase II.SABIC owns 55% of YANSAB capital. SABIC affiliates Ibn Rushd and Tayef hold 10% of Yansab capital. 35% of Yansab is public stocks.Fluor Arabia is the main U&O contractor on the Yansab project.