Yansab is a
SABIC, affiliate company in
Saudi Arabia, and is the largest SABIC
petrochemical complex. It will has an annual capacity exceeding 4 million metric tons (MT) of petrochemical products including: 1.3 million MT (
metric-tons) of
ethylene
Ethylene (IUPAC name: ethene) is a hydrocarbon which has the formula or . It is a colourless, flammable gas with a faint "sweet and musky" odour when pure. It is the simplest alkene (a hydrocarbon with carbon-carbon double bonds).
Ethylene i ...
; 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
But-2-ene is an acyclic alkene with four carbon atoms. It is the simplest alkene exhibiting ''cis''/''trans''-isomerism (also known as (''E''/''Z'')-isomerism); that is, it exists as two geometric isomers ''cis''-but-2-ene ((''Z'')-but-2-ene) a ...
.
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.
is the main U&O contractor on the Yansab project.
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Yansab
2006 establishments in Saudi Arabia
Chemical companies established in 2006
Companies listed on Tadawul
Companies of Saudi Arabia
SABIC
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