13:28 22/02/2019 ,World

Saudi Aramco inks $10 billion refining and petrochemicals project with China

The partners will form a new company called Huajin Aramco Petrochemical Co as part of a project that will include a 300,000 barrels per day (bpd) refinery with a 1.5 million metric tonnes per annum (mmtpa) ethylene cracker, Aramco said on Friday.

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