barrel-per-day refinery and will produce 2.2 million metric tons of petrochemicals a year, is now 75 percent complete and will start in stages during this year. By the first quarter of 2009, the last phase of the project, the etheylene plant, is expected to be online. “China is growing, and Saudi Aramco is committed to be a constituent to the Chinese energy demand, " Al-Buainain said. “The Fujian Joint Venture is part of our commitment to the high growth market in China.” The Saudi Aramco executive also took the opportunity to visit offices of subsidiaries and partners. In Xiamen, he met with the staff at the Saudi Aramco Sino Co. office and visited one of the newly rebranded service stations sporting the logos of the three partners in Fujian Sinopec SenMei Petroleum Co. Ltd. (SSPC). --MORE
