# Advanced Petrochemical and SK Gas to build $1.8B PP plant in Al Jubail

Advanced Petrochemical Company and SK Gas Co Ltd formed a joint venture, Advanced Polyolefins Company, to build a petrochemical complex in Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia, including a 800,000 tons/year polypropylene plant. The project is expected to break ground in 2021 and reach commercial production by the second half of 2024.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2021-01-05
- Where: Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia
- Value: $1.80B
- Starts operating: Q3 2024
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 843,000 tons/year of propylene and 800,000 tons/year of PP
- Products: propylene, polypropylene, specialty polymers
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md), [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Advanced Petrochemical](https://endata.com/companies/28467.md)
- [Advanced Polyolefins Co.](https://endata.com/companies/52167.md)
- [SK Gas Co Ltd](https://endata.com/companies/52286.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [commoplast.com](https://www.commoplast.com/news/details/8617/), 2021-01-05: "The new joint venture named Advanced Polyolefins Company (APC JV) will invest $1.8 billion to build a propane dehydrogenation (PDH) unit that yields 843,000 tons/year of propylene and 800,000 tons/year of PP plant."

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