Saudi Arabia Petrochemicals Report Q3 2012: New research report available at Fast Market Research

July 29, 2012 - PRLog -- The Q312 Saudi Arabia petrochemicals report examines the long-term potential in the downstream industry as the government seeks to diversify and add value to the country's production portfolio. The report analyses how trends in Asian markets will affect strategic decision-making in the industry amid a slowdown in demand growth and the threat of global over-capacity in some segments. It also examines whether naphtha and ethane feedstock supply to the industry will be able to sustain planned growth.

Saudi Arabia's main weakness has been its dependence on commodity petrochemicals and a lack of high performance and speciality grades, which can add value to exports and put the industry in direct competition with Japanese producers and other more mature markets. The government is seeking to diversify production and add value down the value chain by including 120 new petrochemicals and chemicals products. Total investment will hit US$150bn. Saudi Arabia's manufacturing base is expected to grow, which will move the country away from exporting basic chemicals and importing finished goods as it grows its five industrial clusters - mineral and metal processing, automotive, plastic and packaging, home appliances and solar energy.

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By 2016, BMI forecasts ethylene and propylene capacities will increase to 18.02mn tonnes per annum (tpa) and 7.0mn tpa respectively, with Saudi Kayan's commercial operations expected to contribute most significantly to the increase. In addition, Sadara Chemical Company, a joint venture (JV) between Saudi Aramco and Dow, is set to add 2mn tpa of monomer capacity with a mixed feed cracker and will produce more than 3mn tpa of high value-added chemical products and performance plastics, with all of the units due to come online in 2016. Total polyethylene (PE) capacity will rise to 8.86mn tpa by 2016, polypropylene (PP) will increase to 5.60mn tpa, polystyrene (PS) will reach 375,000 tpa, and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) will remain unchanged at 855,000 tpa. The province of Jubail and the port city of Yanbu are the focus of petrochemicals developments. Our projections for petrochemicals capacity are based on planned projects, but it is possible that some may not come to fruition as a result of the restriction on ethane feedstock and a possible lacklustre recovery in the Chinese market at the same time as Chinese capacities rise.

* In BMI's Middle Eastern Petrochemicals Risk Reward/Ratings, Saudi Arabia is rated as the most attractive country out of the 11 surveyed - by some margin. Saudi has a score of 77.6 points, unchanged since the previous quarter.
* Saudi Arabia is well placed in terms of resources, with annual gas production set to rise 22% to 106bn cubic metres (bcm) and refining capacity likely to grow nearly 50% to exceed 3mn barrels per day (b/d) by 2016. This is expected to support total petrochemicals production of more than 100mn tonnes by 2016, representing 250% growth over 2006 levels, based on government projections.

Report Table of Contents:

SWOT Analysis
- Saudi Arabia Petrochemicals Industry SWOT
- Saudi Arabia Political SWOT
- Saudi Arabia Economic SWOT
- Saudi Arabia Business Environment SWOT
Global Petrochemicals Overview
- Petrochemicals Market Overview
- Table: World Ethylene Production By Country, 2011 And 2016 ('000 tonnes capacity)
- Financial Results
- Table: Financial Results Of Major Petrochemicals Companies, 2011
- Global Oil Products Price Outlook
- Table: BMI's Refined Products Forecasts, 2010-2016
Gulf Regional Overview
- Table: Announced Ethylene Crackers In The Gulf Region
Saudi Arabia Market Overview
- Table: Saudi Arabia's Ethylene Capacity
- Table: Saudi Arabia's Ethylene Projects
- Table: Saudi Arabia's Polyethylene Capacity
- Table: Saudi Arabia's Polyethylene Projects
- Table: Saudi Arabia's Polypropylene Capacity
- Table: Saudi Arabia's Cracker Capacity, 2007-2013 ('000tpa)
Industry Trends And Developments
- Developments
- Sahara Petrochemicals
- Sadara Chemical Company
- Petro Rabigh
- Saudi Kayan
- Ma'adan
- Sipchem
- Ibn Rushd
- SAAC
- Safco
- Kayan
- Satorp
- Other Projects
- Finance
- Related Industries
Industry Forecast Scenario
- Table: saudi Arabia's Petrochemicals Sector, 2009-2016
Petrochemicals Risk/Reward Ratings
- Saudi Arabia Petrochemicals Risk/Reward Ratings
- Table: Middle East And Africa Petrochemicals Risk/Reward Ratings
- Macroeconomic Forecast
- Table: Saudi Arabia - Economic Activity
Company Profiles
- Sipchem
- ExxonMobil
- Royal Dutch Shell
- Sabic
- ChevronPhillips
Demographic Outlook
- Saudi Arabia's Population By Age Group, 1990-2020 ('000)
- Saudi Arabia's Population By Age Group, 1990-2020 (% of total)
- Saudi Arabia's Key Population Ratios, 1990-2020
- Saudi Arabia's Rural And Urban Population, 1990-2020
Glossary Of Terms
- Table: Glossary Of Petrochemicals Terms
BMI Methodology
- How We Generate Our Industry Forecasts
- Chemicals And Petrochemicals Industry
- Cross Checks
- Business Environment Ratings
- Table: Petrochemicals Business Environment Indicators And Rationale
- Weighting
- Table: Weighting Of Indicators

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