SCP produces a number of products including: Benzene, Cyclohexane and motor gasoline components; the following table sets out the production quantities in Thousand Tons Annually :
| S.no | Products | Production Capacity (KTA) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benzene | 835 |
| 2 | Cyclohexane | 355 |
| 3 | Gasoline Components | 804 |
Benzene is a crucial chemical building block and it is a component of many chemical compounds. Also, it has several commercial uses and demand. Producing of Styrene monomer is the largest use of benzene, followed by cumene/phenol, cyclohexane and nitrobenzene. These products are used to manufacture a wide range of plastics, fibers, resin and films. Benzene is also used as a major part of gasoline, and it is an excellent solvent for waxes, resins, gums, rubber and various other organic materials. S-Chem is one of the largest producers of Benzene in the middle east.
| CHEMICAL PROPERTIES | |
|---|---|
| Appearance: | Colorless Liquid |
| Chemical Formula: | C6H6 |
| Density: | 0.88 Kg/m3 |
S-Chem utilize Chevron Phillips's Aromax® Technology which the premier on-purpose benzene production technology. This technology is providing a superior ability to convert light hydrocarbons to aromatics. The Aromax® process is basically convert light paraffins and naphthene to hydrogen and aromatic products using conventional fixed-bed reforming equipment.
Cyclohexane is an alicyclic hydrocarbon comprising a ring of six carbon atoms; the cyclic form of hexane, used as a precursor to manufacture nylon 6 and 6,6. It also has a role as a non-polar solvent, industrial catalyst carrier and process diluent. Cyclohexane is considered as cycloalkane, colorless and a volatile organic compound.
| CHEMICAL PROPERTIES | |
|---|---|
| Appearance: | Colorless Liquid |
| Chemical Formula: | C6H12 |
| Density: | 779 Kg/m3 |
Gasoline components are mixture of liquids used to produce a world class clean transportation fuel. Naphtha’s that will be used for blending or compounding into finished aviation or motor gasoline (e.g., straight-run gasoline, alkylate, reformate, benzene, toluene and xylene). Excludes oxygenates (alcohols, ethers), butane.
The company produces Ethylene, Styrene, and Propylene The following table shows the production quantities in Thousand Tons Annually:
| S.no | Products | Production Capacity (KTA) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ethylene | 205 |
| 2 | Propylene | 150 |
| 3 | Styrene | 750 |
Ethylene is a colorless flammable gas which produced through the steam cracking (Steam Pyrolysis) of hydrocarbon feedstocks. Feedstocks used for steam cracking range from ethane to naphtha and gas oils. Some ethylene is also produced as a byproduct of petroleum refining. Ethylene is a basic building block and it is used for manufacturing polyethylene resins from which items such as trash bags and milk jugs are made. Ethylene is also used to manufacture other plastics resins such polystyrene, polyester and acrylics and it is the main ingredient in ethylene glycol (EG) antifreeze which is used wildly in industry and transportation.
| CHEMICAL PROPERTIES | |
|---|---|
| Appearance: | Colorless Gas |
| Chemical Formula: | C6H4 |
| Density: | 1.18 Kg/m3 |
Propylene is considered the oldest petrochemical feedstock in the gas industry. It is one of the smallest stable unsaturated hydrocarbon molecules used in the gas industry and one of the highest volume chemicals produced globally. The propylene molecule is produced as a co-product of ethylene production through the steam cracking (steam Pyrolysis) of hydrocarbon feedstocks. Feedstocks used for steam cracking range from ethane to naphtha and gas oils. Propylene is produced as a by-product of petroleum refining. Propylene is used mainly to produce polypropylene plastics for extrusion and injection molding and fibers and for manufacturing cumene (used in phenol production). Propylene is also used to make propylene oxide, acrylic acid, oxo-alcohols and isopropanol.
| CHEMICAL PROPERTIES | |
|---|---|
| Appearance: | Colorless Gas |
| Chemical Formula: | C3H6 |
| Density: | 1.74 Kg/m3 |
Styrene is one of the most crucial monomers produced by the chemical industry nowadays. Styrene monomer is a basic building block of the plastics industry. The conventional method of producing styrene involves the alkylation of benzene with ethylene to produce ethylbenzene, followed by dehydrogenation of ethylbenzene to styrene. Styrene undergoes polymerization by all the common methods used in plastics technology to produce a wide variety of polymers and copolymers. There are several polymer products made by styrene such as polystyrene (PS), expandable polystyrene (EPS), styrene butadiene latex (SBL), acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene/terpolymer (ABS), unsaturated polyester resins (UPR), and styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR).
| CHEMICAL PROPERTIES | |
|---|---|
| Appearance: | Colorless liquid |
| Chemical Formula: | C8H8 |
| Density: | 0.91 Kg/m3 |
SPCo produces high quality Chemicals and Polymer products with competitive prices, to cover the requirements of the growing market of petrochemicals. Beside Ethylene and Propylene, SPCo manufactures 1-Hexene, Polyethylene and Polypropylene.
| S.no | Products | Production Capacity (KTA) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ethylene | 1220 |
| 2 | Propylene | 440 |
| 3 | Polyethylene | 1100 |
| 4 | Polypropylene | 400 |
| 5 | 1-Hexene | 100 |
1-Hexene is an organic compound which is used as a solvent, paint thinner and it is widely used as a comonomer to produce High Density Polyethylene.
| CHEMICAL PROPERTIES | |
|---|---|
| Appearance: | Colorless Liquid |
| Chemical Formula: | C6H12 |
| Density: | 673 Kg/m3 |
Polyethylene (PE) is a durable thermoplastic with semi crystalline structures. It is one of the most widely produced plastics in the world because of the high variation in the applications ranging for films, plastic parts, geomembrane, automotive and food packaging.
S-Chem is one of the top suppliers of Polyethylene not only in Saudi Arabia but also worldwide. With a variation in the grades, S-Chem produce high-density (HDPE) and medium-density (MDPE) which are used for blow molding and film applications. Since 2012, S-Chem committed to supporting their customers' needs with a broad range of resins for their requirements
| CHEMICAL PROPERTIES | |
|---|---|
| Appearance: | White Pellets |
| Chemical Formula: | (C2H4)n |
| Density: | Ranging from 0.88 to 0.96 g/m3 |
Polypropylene (PP) is a semi crystalline thermoplastic polymer used in a wide variety of applications. It is produced via chain-growth polymerization from the monomer propylene. Polypropylene belongs to the group of polyolefins. Polypropylene resins are widely used for extrusion and injection molding.
| CHEMICAL PROPERTIES | |
|---|---|
| Appearance: | White Pellets |
| Chemical Formula: | (C3H6)n |
| Density: | Ranging from 0.855 to 0.946 g/m3 |
SPCo supply consistent, high-quality AlphaPlus® Normal Alpha Olefins (NAOs) to customers all over the world. NAOs have highly accessible terminal double bonds that make them ideal for a wide variety of manufacturing applications. NAOs and their derivatives are used extensively as polyethylene comonomers, plasticizers, synthetic motor oils, lubricants, automotive additives, surfactants, paper sizing and in a wide range of specialty applications. As major petrochemical building blocks, their use in developing new chemical products is virtually unlimited.
Polyethylene produced by SPCo has a global brand name and it is sold under Marlex® brand name. This brand name is widely accepted and demanded among plastic producers and converters around the world
Polypropylene produced by SPCo has a global brand name of Marlex®. This brand name is widely accepted and demanded among plastic producers and converters around the world.
S-Chem is committed for helping the world to find a sustainable solution to eliminate the plastic waste in the environment. As a petrochemical world scale producer, S-Chem had several initiatives for plastic recycling in the region. We are believing that plastics recycling, reduce and reuse has a big contribution for saving the environment.