Awwal 09, 1432, April 13 ,2011, SPA -- Yanbu National Petrochemical Company "Yansab" achieved net profits of SR 717.85 million in the first quarter of 2011 compared to SR 259.43 Million for the same quarter last year with an increase of 177% and compared to SR 554.76 Million for the previous quarter with an increase of 29%. In a press statement today, Mutlaq Al-Morished, Chairman of the Board of (Yansab) and Executive Vice President of Corporate Finance (SABIC) said the increase in profits is due to commencement of Commercial Operations on March 01, 2010 and the improvement in products sales' prices. Yansab also realized total profit of SR 891.46 Million for the 1Q2011 compared to SR 325.43 Million for the same quarter last year with an increase of 174%. Meanwhile, Yansab achieved operating profit of SR 838.06 Million for the 1Q2011 compared to SR 310.39 Million for the same quarter last year with an increase of 170% The per share profit for the 3 months period was SR 1.276 compared to SR 0.461 for the same period last year.