据悉，法国道达尔公司和其合作伙伴沙特阿美公司有意对位于沙特朱拜尔的沙特阿美道达尔炼油和石化（Satorp)合资企业进行扩能。道达尔负责中东和亚洲地区炼油和石化业务的高级副总裁Jean-Jacques Mosconi表示：“我们仍然有意对Satorp工厂的石化业务进行扩能，但是在启动前端工程设计研究之前，我们需要天然气供应配额，我们正在与沙特政府进行沟通。”沙特阿美持有Satorp合资企业62.5%股权，道达尔持有剩余37.5%股权。扩能计划包括新建一个乙烯联合体以及线性α-烯烃、聚α-烯烃和弹性体。

Satorp当前运营着一座40万桶/天加工量的出口型炼油厂和一个芳烃联合体。芳烃联合体设计年产70万吨对二甲苯和14万吨苯。炼油厂还生产20万吨/年的聚合级丙烯，部分供应先进石化公司生产聚丙烯。

庞晓华摘译自《Chemical Week》2015-10-14

原文如下：

Total revives plans to expand petchems operations in Saudi Arabia

7:42 AM MDT | October 14, 2015 | Natasha Alperowicz

Total and its partner Saudi Aramco are interested in expanding their Saudi Aramco Total Refining & Petrochemical (Satorp) joint venture at Al Jubail. “Total remains interested in petrochemicals expansion at the Satorp complex, but, to launch the front-end engineering design study, we need gas allocations, and we are working on that," says Jean-Jacques Mosconi, senior v.p./refining and petrochemicals, Mideast and Asia at Total. Aramco has 62.5% and Total 37.5% in Satorp. The plans would involve constructing an ethylene complex and producing linear alpha-olefins, polyalpha-olefins, and elastomers.

Satorp operates a 400,000-bbl/day export refinery and aromatics complex. The aromatics complex is designed to produce 700,000 m.t./year of para-xylene and 140,000 m.t./year of benzene. The refinery also produces 200,000 m.t./year of polymer-grade propylene, part of which is supplied to Advanced Petrochemical Co. to produce polypropylene.