Daaboul launches major
petrochem plant
http://www.ameinfo.com/news/Detailed/37974.html
Syria's Daaboul Economic Group has launched, in partnership
with Saudi Arabia's al-Rajhi a 40,000 tonne
Linear Alkyl Benzene (LAB) plant, the second largest plant
of this type in the region in terms of production capacity and
the 23rd in the world.
LAB is the major feedstock required to produce all kinds of
detergents, from liquid soap to dishwasher powder.
The United Joint Stock Company for Petrochemical Industries is a
SYP 2.3 billion (US$ 44 million) investment and will help in the
integration of the Daaboul Economic Group (DEG) which is the
largest producer of detergents in Syria, offering laundry
powders, dishwashing paste, and cleaning and disinfecting
liquids. Daaboul Detergents already produces 35,000 tonnes a year
(t/y) of powder, 15,000 t/y of paste, and 15,000 t/y of liquid
cleaners.
The plant was built with technology from US firm UOP LLC and will
serve both the domestic market, whose annual demand of LAB is
estimated at around 40,000 tonnes, and export markets. DEG
already exports its products to Saudi Arabia, Morocco as well as
some Eastern European countries.
The plant is located in Deir-Ali, 30km south of Damascus on the
Amman highway. The project is the first of the many investments
planned in the petrochemical industry in Syria, although the
public sector is involved in most other ventures. Daaboul itself
is reported to be planning to build a USD22 million paraffin
refinery to produce kerosene for aeroplanes and industrial
chemicals.
The project has been partly financed with a loan from the
International Finance Corporation, which is lending USD 13
million, only the third IFC involvement in Syria since the
resumption of activities in the country of the World Bank Group.
IFC's commitment is also the first to come as a loan, after it
took equity stakes in its two previous ventures, Adritec, an
irrigation pipes manufacturing company and BSOM, one of the two
private banks that started operations early January.
The Plastics Exchange
2005/12/27
Syria, Russia sign 2.7bn dollar deal to build oil complex in
Syria
Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Dr Ibrahim Haddad and
Director General of the Russian Company for Investment Credit
Line Pyrev Nizami signed a memorandum of understanding to build a
2.7bn
dollar oil complex consisting of an oil refinery and a
petrochemical complex in the Syrian province Dayr al-Zur.
The memorandum states that Credit Line would build the refinery
through an adequate company in terms of protecting the
environment and provision of raw oil to operate the project by
importing it from abroad or from local markets, if available, in
current world prices as decided by the Oil Marketing Commission
at the Syrian premiership. The Russian company will also be
committed to build a petrochemical complex with an annual
capacity of 1.6 million tons of oil and finish the project within
five years maximum. The Syrian side will be committed to
providing the land for the project as well as carrying out the
infrastructure, including water, electricity, roads and
administrative facilities. The Minister told SANA staff writer
following that signing of the memorandum that the production
capacity of the oil refinery would be at 140,000 bpd, adding that
around 2,000 workers from different skills and specialties will
be needed to do the work at the refinery. He added that the
by-products of the complex will be various, such as home gas,
polyethylene, polypropylene, gasoline and octane as items very
important for chemical industries in Syria. This factory will need at least
1,000 workers to be completed, and the surplus [production] could
be exported. The minister said Syria's share of the profits will
be 15 per cent in the first 10 years, 30 per cent in the next
five years, 45 per cent in the next five years and 60 per cent in
the next five years. The whole project will be transferred to
Syria after 25 years of investment.