SATORP - Amiral Complex: Mixed Feed Cracker: Package 1
Saudi Aramco and Total (SATORP) are planning to build a mixed-feed cracker in Jubail at a site adjacent to Aramco and Dow Chemical's petrochemicals plant within the industrial city. The project is also known as the Amiral project comprises ethylene complex and producing linear alpha-olefins, poly-alpha-olefins, and elastomers.
The complex will comprise a world-size mixed-feed steam cracker (50% ethane and refinery off-gas) with a capacity of 1.5 million tons per year of ethylene and related high-added-value petrochemical units. The feedstock would partially come from SATORP, the existing Aramco-Total joint refining venture, and from Sadara, a joint venture between Aramco and Dow Chemical, also in Jubail. The project will represent an investment of around US$5 billion and The cracker will feed other petrochemical and speciality chemical plants representing an overall amount of US$4 billion investment by third-party investors. Hence in total $9 billion will be invested by the client.
The US$2500 million includes the following:
A. Construction of Ethylene plant (1.65 MTPA)
1. Furnaces
2. Quenchers
3. Compressors
4. Refrigeration units
5. Dryers
6. Secondary dryers
7. Fractionation unit
8. Expanders
B. Construction of Propylene plant (500,000 TPA)
1. Propylene purification unit
2. Driers
3. Reactors
4. Extruders
5. Pneumatic conveying system
6. Silos
7. Pellet blenders
C. Construction of associated facilities
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03 March 2025
Construction works are ongoing on the project
10 December 2024
Ebara Elliott Energy (EEE), a global solutions provider within the energy sector, has been awarded a contract by Hyundai Engineering Company and Maire Tecnimont for the supply of advanced equipment for their undertaking.
04 November 2024
Construction works are ongoing on the project and are expected to be completed by fourth quarter of 2027.
03 July 2024
China Eleventh Chemical Construction Company has been appointed as the Civil subcontractor for the project.
27 March 2024
The construction works are ongoing on the project and are expected to be completed by 2027 and the subcontractor has not yet been appointed.
09 November 2023
The detailed engineering works are still ongoing and the construction works have not yet commenced on the project. The project is expected to be completed by 2027.
28 August 2023
Hyundai Engineering & Construction has been awarded the main contract for the project. Detailed Engineering works are ongoing.
24 May 2023
Hyundai Engineering & Construction has been awarded the contract however the official announcement is still awaited.
16 March 2023
Hyundai Engineering & Construction has been awarded the contract however the official announcement is still awaited.
14 February 2023
The main contract is expected to be awarded in third or fourth week of March 2023. (Source: MEED)
11 January 2023
The main contract bids are still under evaluation and are expected to be awarded by March 2023. (Source: MEED)
27 December 2022
The construction is expected to be commenced in 2023 and is is set to start operations in 2027.
16 December 2022
The client has taken the final investment decision for the construction of the complex.
25 November 2022
Hyundai Engineering & Construction has come up as the lowest bidder on the project. (Source: MEED)
15 November 2022
The main contract bids are still under evaluation and the time-frame for the award is currently unknown.
20 October 2022
Bids are under evaluation and Technip, Tecnicas Reunidas and Saipem amongst others have submitted bids.
12 October 2022
Hyundai E&C amongst others have submitted the commercial bids.
20 September 2022
Hyundai E&C amongst others have submitted the technical bids.
13 September 2022
The technical bid submission date has been extended till September 18, 2022. (Source: MEED)
24 August 2022
The technical bid submission date has been extended till September 11, 2022 and the commercial bid submission is on October 09, 2022. (Source: MEED)
14 July 2022
The bid submission date has been extended till August 31, 2022. (Source: MEED)
14 June 2022
The bids are expected to be submitted by August 15, 2022. Hyundai E&C, Saipem Mc Dermott, Técnicas Reunidas, Sinopec, CPECC, CTCI, L&T, Samsung, JGC and Technip are prequalified companies on the project.
26 April 2022
The main contract tender has been issued with bid submission in August 2022. Hyundai E&C, Mc Dermott, Sinopec, Tecnicas Reunidas, CTCI, CPECC have been pre-qalified
24 November 2021
The project is facing delays.
29 September 2021
There is no news regarding the main contract PQ shortlist yet. Amongst others, CTCI, Hyundai E&C, Tecnicas Reunidas have submitted EOI for the project.
20 June 2021
The client has issued SOI for the project on April 22, 2021 and the expression of interest (EoI) documents have been submitted by May 30, 2021. (Source: MEED)
11 April 2021
FEED works are ongoing and the main contract tender is yet to be issued.
02 June 2020
FEED works are getting delayed.
21 April 2020
JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation has been appointed as the feasibility study consultant. FEED works are progressing as per the schedule and the time frame for completion is unknown at this juncture.
10 December 2019
FEED works are ongoing and Saudi authority in talks with potential companies for further development. (Source: MEED)
23 October 2019
McDermott International has been appointed as the technology provider. (Source: MEED)
24 July 2019
The client is in talks with several chemical firms for the development of the project. (Source: MEED)
18 April 2019
Satorp is in the process of issuing the Solicitation of Interest (SOI). (Source: MEED)
21 January 2019
Aramco chooses Japan's Sumitomo and Riyadh Consulting Bank to finance the project
15 November 2018
TechnipFMC and WorleyParsons have been appointed as the FEED and PMC contractors respectively (Source: MEED)
23 October 2018
Aramco and Total have signed an agreement to start engineering design for the project
09 October 2018
Saudi Aramco and Total have signed an agreement for 9 billion dollars for the development of the project. The client was expected to issue FEED tender by Q 3 2018, however, no tender has been issued as yet on the project.
17 August 2018
The client has approved the funding request for the development of the project
18 July 2018
Market sources indicate that the FEED documents are not yet issued on the project
11 April 2018
The client is planning to start the FEED by the third quarter of 2018 for the project.
13 February 2018
The project is still in the initial stage
23 November 2017
The project is under discussion due to the allocation of gas feedstock issue.
05 July 2017
The client has issued the tenders to bid for the feasibility study on the project.
14 January 2016
The project continues to be under study stage as the client is yet to receive the gas allocation for the project.
15 October 2015
The client will launch the front-end engineering design study once they receive the gas allocation for the project.
12 August 2015
The feasibility study is ongoing on the project. The feasibility study is done inhouse.
12 May 2015
The project is still at study stage because of the low oil prices.
30 March 2015
The feasibility study on the project is currently ongoing.
07 October 2014
Satorp is already mulling plans for a phase-two expansion that will include a full slate of petrochemicals products; however, there has be no other progress on this or no mention about this project in their reports. Hence the project still remains at its study stage. (Source: MEED)
29 August 2013
The project has been given the green light and that it will start to move forward shortly.There should be an announcement regarding the second phase at Satorp from the joint venture partners by the end of the year, as quoted in Meed article dtd 27th August, 2013.
03 June 2013
Market sources indicate that Total is in discussions with Saudi Aramco on how to proceed with the planning the project.
25 October 2012
No further development has taken place on Aramco Total Refining & Petrochemical Company's (Satorp) second phase and discussions were taking place about the potential product mix for the expansion, as quoted in MEED article dtd October 25, 2012.
25 June 2012
The product mix of the expansion of Jubail Petrochemical plant Phase II has not yet been disclosed. However, according to industry sources, the joint venture partners have been in talks with Aramcoâs Sadara partner, the Dow Chemical, to formulate the best mix, quoted in MEED article dtd June 24, 2012.
21 June 2012
Saudi Aramco Total Refining & Petrochemical Company (Satorp) has entered into a series of wide-ranging discussions with Sadara Chemical Company regarding the proposed phase two expansion of the Satorp refinery. The technical consultation meetings taken place between Total, Dow and Aramco have been successful and a plan for the potential scope of the Satorp phase two has been agreed subject to a full feasibility study, quoted in MEED article dtd June 21, 2012.
01 December 2011
The proposed project is an expansion and is considered to be the second phase of the Jubail Refining & Petrochemical Company's Jubail Export Refinery. The project is still in a very initial stage and no decision has yet been made. A detailed study will be undertaken after which a decision will be taken whether to proceed with the second phase. Any chemicals produced in a phase two will have to complement the offtake from the Sadara Chemical Company complex being built by Saudi Aramco and the Dow Chemical. (30/11/2011)
16 June 2010
Budget value is an estimate.