Saudi Aramco Products Trading (ATC, Dhahran / Saudi Arabia; www.saudiaramco.com) has lifted its first volumes from the Petro Rabigh (Rabigh; www.petrorabigh.com) chemical complex in Saudi Arabia. The products include PP, HDPE, LLDPE and MEG – for previous coverage, see Plasteurope.com of 09.01.2014. Petro Rabigh’s majority shareholders, Saudi Aramco and Japan’s Sumitomo (Osaka; www.sumitomo.com), signed an agreement in December last year to market output on an equal basis. ATC said sales will be gradually increased during the following months.

CEO of ATC, Said Al-Hadrami, commented: “The products from Petro Rabigh will complement our current product portfolio and will leverage the current ATC infrastructure and our customers’ network to add value to Petro Rabigh.”

According to Plasteurope.com database Polyglobe (www.polyglobe.net), Petro Rabigh has capacities for 900,000 t/y PE and 700,000 t/y of PP. A new aromatics complex with production of PA 6 and PMMA is scheduled to be commissioned during the first half of 2016 – see Plasteurope.com of 04.06.2012.