Saudi Aramco continues its strategy of expanding petrochemical investments as part of a plan to convert 4 million barrels of oil per day into chemical products.

The Saudi oil giant has made China one of the most important markets it aims to expand into by entering into partnership or acquisition deals in the oil refining and petrochemical sector.

In this context, Saudi Aramco, one of the world’s leading integrated companies in the field of energy and petrochemicals, and Jiangsu Eastern Xinghong Company Limited (Eastern Xinghong), on Wednesday, September 27 (2023), signed a framework cooperation agreement to enter. In advising on potential acquisitions.

Acquisition Agreement Targets – Step Report Seen by Special Energy Platform – Acquisition of 10% strategic stake in Jiangsu Xinghong Petrochemical Industry Group Co., Ltd. (Jinghong Petrochemical), a wholly-owned subsidiary of East Jinggang, the deal is subject to necessary assessments and approvals.

Big investments

Xinghong Petrochemical Company owns and operates an integrated refining and petrochemical complex with a production capacity of 320 million barrels per day, as well as a methanol-to-olefins and derivatives complex.

Through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, it also has a facility for the production of refined terephthalic acid, and its facilities are located in the Petrochemical Industrial Park in Jiangsu Province.

Under the framework cooperation agreement, Saudi Aramco intends to supply crude oil and other raw materials to Shenghong Petrochemical Company. Saudi Oil Company and Shenghong Petrochemical Company intend to cooperate on a major expansion project, subject to the results of consultations between the two countries. Conclusion of parties and binding final agreements.

The new deal comes two months after Saudi Aramco closed a deal to buy a 10% stake in Rongsheng Petrochemical Co. for 24.6 billion Chinese yuan (3.4 billion US dollars).

The deal includes the export of 480,000 barrels per day of Arabian crude oil to the largest integrated refining and petrochemical complex in China owned by Zhejiang Petroleum and Petrochemical Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Rongsheng.

Energy security in China

Mohammed Yahya Al-Qahdani, Saudi Arabia’s head of refining, chemicals and marketing, said, “Through our partnership with East China Sea, we look forward to providing Aramco with the reliable energy needed for growth, development and the long-term sustainability of China’s energy security.

He added: “The signing of the structural cooperation agreement with Saudi Aramco is an important step in our strategy in the field of refining, chemicals and marketing, which aims to increase the company’s ability to convert Arab crude oil into chemicals. Our vision to expand into the Chinese market, one of the world’s leading markets in the energy sector, is to “make China We consider ourselves an important partner today and for decades to come.”

Eastern Singhong, listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, is one of the leading integrated companies in the energy and chemical industry and is keen to adopt advanced technologies in its new businesses in the energy and materials sectors.

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