On the morning of November 30, 2023, the groundbreaking ceremony of the Petrokemya MTBE project undertaken by China Tianchen Engineering Co., Ltd. (SABIC) was held. Jiao Zaiyue, Chairman of China Tianchen, Zhao Minwei, Deputy General Manager, and Yang Xiaokang, Assistant General Manager and General Manager of Middle East Regional Headquarters (Saudi Branch), attended the event.
At the ceremony, Jiao Zaiyue, together with Abdulrahman Al-Faj, CEO of SABIC, members of the board of directors and guests of the owner, launched the groundbreaking ceremony with a shovel to witness this new historical moment of the project.
The project is located in the Jubail Industrial Zone in Saudi Arabia, using SABIC's own patented technology to build a new MTBE production unit with an annual output of 1 million tons in the existing factory. The scope of the plant includes three main devices: n-butane isomerization, isobutane dehydrogenation and MTBE synthesis, with the construction of other supporting public works. After the completion of the project, it will become the world's largest single MTBE plant.
This project is China Tianchen's first MTBE synthesis EPC project, marking a solid step forward for China Tianchen in the upstream petrochemical industry chain, and further consolidating its market position in the Saudi petrochemical field. It has created a broad space for providing local employment opportunities and improving the manufacturing level of the local petrochemical chain.
Since entering the Saudi market in 2013, China Tianchen has thoroughly implemented the "Belt and Road" initiative, and has achieved remarkable results in completing the delivery of 17 EPC general contracting projects with high standards in the past ten years, and has won respect, reputation and market with excellent project management and engineering and technical capabilities. After ten years of grinding a sword and forging ahead again, China Tianchen will firmly establish a good image of high-quality performance of Chinese enterprises, continue to provide Chinese wisdom and Chinese solutions, and sing the good voice of China along the "Belt and Road".
Editor: Wang Fengxian.
Review: Wang Hao.