addition opportunities and synergies existing between refining and petrochemicals,” said Saudi Aramco's President and CEO Abdallah S. Jum'ah. “The wide range of chemical materials and plastics to be produced by the joint venture,” he said, “will help spawn other downstream chemical conversion industries, thus strengthening the role of the chemical sector as a key enabler of many other future investments in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.” Those new industries, fed by the joint venture's products, will help further expand the Kingdom's economy through diversification and new jobs, Jum'ah said. --MORE
