# Carbon Holdings to build $10.9B Tahrir petrochemical complex in Egypt

Egypt signed a contract with Carbon Holdings to build the Tahrir petrochemical project, a $10.9 billion complex expected to be the largest in the Middle East, creating 48,000 jobs. Construction will take more than three years.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-06-30
- Where: Suez Canal economic zone, Egypt
- Value: $10.9B
- Jobs: 48,000
- Status: announced
- Products: petrochemicals, naphtha cracker products
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Carbon Holdings](https://endata.com/companies/23691.md)

## Sources

- [en.amwalalghad.com](https://en.amwalalghad.com/egypts-carbon-holdings-inks-10-9-bln-petrochemicals-deal/), 2018-07-01: "The $10.9 billion complex is set to be the largest in the Middle East."

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