Huntsman Announces Progress on Saudi Ethyleneamines Plant
Company anticipates mechanical completion by November
Huntsman Corporation announced that its ethyleneamines joint venture plant currently under construction in Jubail, Saudi Arabia, is proceeding on schedule and is expected to meet the mechanical completion target of November 2009. The joint venture, known as Arabian amines Company, was created by Huntsman and the Al-Zamil Group to construct a world-scale ethyleneamines plant using Huntsman's proprietary technology.
The parties expect the plant to be fully commissioned and in production in the first quarter of next year. The plant will have the capacity to produce approximately 30,000 MT/yr of ethyleneamines, including ethylenediamine (EDA), diethylenetriamine (DETA), triethylenetetramine (TETA) and higher molecular versions. The plant was also designed to enable the economical addition of a second world-scale train within the next several years, which would double the plant's ethyleneamines capacity.
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