Shell Global Solutions and Saudi Kayan Petrochemical Company agree contract to prepare giant chemical complex for start-up

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Saudi Kayan Petrochemical Company
SAUDI KAYAN (a public stock company) is a partnership agreement between SABIC and Kayan Petrochemical Company ("KAYAN"). SAUDI KAYAN's capital amounts to SR 15 billion.

The SAUDI KAYAN industrial complex will add some speciality chemicals to the Saudi marketplace that will be produced in Saudi Arabia for the first time. These products include aminoethanols, aminomethyls, dimethylformamide, choline chloride, dimethylethanol, dimethylethanolamine, ethoxylates, phenol, cumene and polycarbonate, which will provide wide opportunities for downstream industries. This is in addition to ethylene, propylene, polyethylene, polypropylene, ethylene glycol and other products.

Shell Global Solutions
Shell Global Solutions provides business and operational consultancy, catalysts, technical services and research and development expertise to the energy and processing industries worldwide. Shell Global Solutions has approximately 5000 staff located in an extensive network of offices around the world, with primary commercial and technical centres operating in the USA, Europe and Asia Pacific.

Shell Global Solutions supports the Shell Group's business activities in downstream manufacturing, downstream marketing, gas & LNG, production and project management. Outside of the Shell Group, the company successfully services refining, chemicals, gas, metals, pulp and paper and motor-sport customers worldwide.