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ECHEM, ETHYDCO to Establish New Polyethylene Unit
Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Tareq El Molla, stated that the Egyptian Petrochemicals Holding Company (ECHEM) and the Egyptian Ethylene and Derivatives Company (ETHYDCO) plan to establish a new unit for...
Ethydco To Establish Ploybutadiene Project Worth $180 Million
The CEO of Ethydco Company, Abdel Mageed Heagazy, said that his company is planning to establish the first project in Egypt to produce polybutadiene with investment costs $180 million, according to a press release. He...
Libya Resumes Polyethylene Plant Production
Libya’s Ras Lanuf Oil and Gas Processing Company (RASCO) has restarted production from its polyethylene factory, which had been shut in 2013, Pipeline Oil and Gas News reported. The plant began production on October 8...
SIDPEC Reaches Highest Polyethylene Production Since 2014
Sidi Kerir Petrochemicals (SIDPEC) has achieved its highest Polyethylene production rate since 2014, according to Mosaad Al Kasaby, Sidi Kerir Petrochemicals (SIDPEC) Chairman, Al Ahram reported. Al Kasaby stated that...
Ethydco’s Polyethylene Production Hits 381,000 tons
Egyptian Ethylene and Derivatives Company (Ethydco) achieved targeted production by over 100%, as it produced 381,000 tons of polyethylene and 19,000 tons of butadiene in 2018, Egypt Oil & Gas reports. The company...
Saudi Aramco, Total to Work on Petrochemical Facility at Jubail Refinery
Total and Saudi Aramco signed an agreement on October 8 for engineering studies on the construction of a petrochemicals complex at the Jubail Satorp refinery worth $5 billion, Reuters reported. The complex is slated t...
Ethydco Produced Ethylene
The Egyptian Petrochemicals Holding Company (ECHEM)’s CEO, Mohamed Safaan, reported to the Egyptian Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Tarek El Molla, that the Ethydco complex has successfully produced...
Ethydco to Export 70% of Polyethylene
In an effort to increase USD influx, Sidi Keriri Petrochemicals Company (Sidpec) intends to export 70% of its polyethylene that is produced at its new Ethydco facility, in cooperation with the Egyptian Natural Gas Com... 
