# SABIC awards Samsung Engineering EPC contract for ethylene glycol plant in Jubail

SABIC's subsidiary Jubail United Petrochemical Co. awarded Samsung Engineering an EPC contract for a third ethylene glycol plant in Jubail, Saudi Arabia. The contract is valued at approximately SAR 3.3 billion, with construction expected to finish in Q4 2020 and trial operations in H1 2021.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2017-12-27
- Where: Jubail, Saudi Arabia
- Value: $700.0M (3.30B SAR)
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 700,000 metric tons per year of monoethylene glycol
- Products: monoethylene glycol
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [SABIC](https://endata.com/companies/3200.md)
- [Samsung Engineering](https://endata.com/companies/977.md) (partner)
- [Samsung Engineering](https://endata.com/companies/977.md) (supplier)
- [SABIC](https://endata.com/companies/3200.md) (partner)
- [Jubail United Petrochemical Company](https://endata.com/companies/29044.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [argaam.com](https://www.argaam.com/en/article/articledetail/id/521622), 2017-12-27: "The contract value is estimated at nearly SAR 3.3 billion"
- [chemorbis.com](https://www.chemorbis.com/en/plastics-news/Saudi-JUPC-awards-contract-for-new-MEG-plant-in-Jubail/2017/12/28/709199), 2017-12-27: "The total cost of the new plant is expected to be approximately $700 million, while the construction of the new 700,000 tons/year plant is planned to be completed by 2020."

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