Saudi Arabia's Sadara Chemical Company has successfully started up its first linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) production plant at its Jubail complex.
Saudi Aramco has announced its plan to double the amount of local sources used in its supply chain to 70 %, and thus increase its overall direct domestic investments worth $300b by 2021.
China's Shandong Electric Power Construction Corp (SEPCO) has signed a contract to build a gas compressor station as part of the expansion of Saudi Arabia's main gas pipeline.
Saudi Aramco's Chairman Khalid al-Falih said on Sunday that the company has no plans to cut oil production and he foresees the oil market rebalancing in 2016.
Saudi Arabia is moving ahead with the expansion of its giant Khurais oilfield but the project would move slower than originally planned because of budgetary reasons.
Saudi Aramco has almost finished the construction of its giant Wasit gas project, reported Gulf Business, but it is currently processing gas from the Karan gas field instead of the offshore fields as originally planned.